Monday evening, Thursday afternoon by Jenny Robson

Author:Jenny Robson
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Monday evening, Thursday afternoon, Jenny Robson, Muslim, Christian, friendship, Tafelberg, NB Publishers, stories for girls, London Underground bombs, South African youth fiction, young adult fiction, YA
ISBN: 9780624062974
Publisher: Tafelberg
Published: 2013-08-15T04:00:00+00:00

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But it was only the next morning at breakfast that the bombshell fell. Mom and Dad were passing eye messages. I noticed that while I was eating my cornflakes, but still I wasn’t ready for what came next. Outside, the winter sun was shining. My head was feeling better. And I had finally overcome my jealousy of your first-team gig. I had talked myself into being glad for you, happy that you’d had such a great opportunity.

Dad cleared his throat. “Louise, your mom and I both agree about this: after the terrible time we all went through yesterday, we’d prefer it if your Muslim friend didn’t come round here any more. ­Alright?”

What?! I was stunned, Faheema, I’m telling you. What did you have to do with any part of Thursday afternoon?!

I tried to argue, tried to make them see sense. There was a terrible, sick feeling deep down in my stomach. “But Dad, Mom, what are you talking about? Those bombings have got nothing, nothing, NOTHING to do with Faheema. This isn’t fair! This isn’t right!”

But Dad wasn’t interested. “I don’t want to discuss this, Louise. You don’t know these people the way Mom and I do. They all stick together, these Muslims. They all support each other. They all secretly support this terrorism against the West. Underneath, they’re all the same, Louise. Every last one of them. You’re too young to understand that yet.”

Mom joined in. “Yes, love. You’re getting big now. Next year you’ll be in high school. It’s time to start keeping to your own kind. You should be looking for friends who live the same way we do and think the same way we do. Friends like Annette. Or Susan down the road.”

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