The Very Best Doughnut

Part of OUR STORIES – a funny, relatable and engaging new early-chapter book series that celebrates Australia's multicultural society with authors and illustrators from a diverse range of backgrounds.

Friday is always the best day at Adam's house. It's doughnut day!

But this week, his family is fasting for Ramadan. They aren't going to eat or drink until the sun sets.

Adam wants to fast too, but it's so hard. Can he wait that long for his very special doughnut?

About the Author

Randa Abdel-Fattah is a prominent Palestinian Egyptian Muslim author, academic, human rights advocate, former lawyer and mother of four children. The award-winning author of eleven novels, published and translated in over 20 countries, Randa writes across a wide range of genres and actively seeks to translate her academic work into creative interventions which reshape dominant narratives around race, human rights, multiculturalism and identity in popular culture. Her most recent non-fiction book, Coming of Age in the War on Terror, was shortlisted for the 2022 Stella Awards, the 2022 Victorian Premier's Literary Awards and the 2022 NSW Premier's Literary Awards.