Welcome, readers, to the imaginative brain of Omar! You might not know me yet, but once you open the pages of this book you'll laugh so hard that snot will come out of your nose (plus you might meet a dragon and a zombie - what more could you want?). My parents decided it would be a good idea to move house AND move me to a new school at the same time. As if I didn't have a hard enough time staying out of trouble at home, now I've also got to try and make new friends.
What's worse, the class bully seems to think I'm the perfect target. At least Eid's around the corner which means a feast (YAY) and presents (DOUBLE YAY). Well, as long as I can stay in Mum and Dad's good books long enough...
The combination of Zanib Mian's hilarious text and Nasaya Mafaridik's fantastic cartoon-style illustrations make the PLANET OMAR series perfect for fans of Tom Gates and Wimpy Kid. Previously published as 'THE MUSLIMS', this was the winner of the Little Rebels Award in June 2018.
The text has been revised, expanded with new scenes and re-illustrated.
Tagged Pakistan
The Omar series
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Reviewed by Jo Bowers
Planet Omar, Accidental Trouble Magnet centres on a Muslim family who have recently moved house in London. It is told through the voice of Omar as he starts a new school and makes new friends.
Omar, his 13-year-old older sister Maryam and three-year-old younger brother Esa have moved as his mum and dad are both scientists, and his mum has just taken a new dream job working in cancer research. The story takes us through Omar’s nervousness starting a new school, his family settling in and getting to know their new neighbour. All this is told in a thoroughly entertaining and humorous way as Omar is a wonderful character. The illustrated pages capture Omar’s humour and personality, and there are some great different fonts used for words and phrases throughout that bring the story to life.
This would be a great whole class read and could be read aloud purely for enjoyment as it is such a good story, and Omar is a lot of fun as the main character. Each chapter also offers up many opportunities for discussion too, so there is depth for teachers to have discussions around the situations Omar finds himself and different aspects of the Muslim faith that come up incidentally within the storyline and are explained so simply and naturally through Omar too. There are also many opportunities to discuss feelings and empathise with Omar as the situations he finds himself in throughout the book are very believable, authentic situations that many children will relate to.
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