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All My Rage is about two teens, both with Pakistani background, who faced trauma trying to ,kinda, fix their lives while still battling against everything that tries to stop them

This book deals, among other things, with islamophobia, racism, drug abuse, addiction, death, domestic abuse.

It is heart-breaking but powerful nonetheless.
It’s supposed to be YA but it definitely doesn’t read like it. The book is so well written and make you empathise with all of the emotions.

While reading it you feel, how desperate Noor and Sal feel, you want to help them fix everything but you know you can’t help them. This book made me angry but hopeful. You feel like everything gets worse and worse but at the end, all turns better.

I think everyone should read this book.

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All My Rage by Sabaa Tahir brings center stage the existential issues of the diaspora - their inner struggles and frictions, socio-cultural contras, the strife for gaining foothold in an alien society wherein individuals are treated as obscure minority if they do not hail from the dominant milieu. I am sure it will be a very interesting and intriguing commentary, in the guise of fictional narrative, on the build up of young adults, the future of a nation, who undergo the identity crisis of growing up in a society where the norms are way different from their ancestral roots and values.

The Book Club Kit seems to amalgamate the flavours of both East and West to acquaintance and converge the readers to a platform where understanding of the narrator and the narrative, the characters and their journey through life , their turmoil and upbringing tempered by their not-so-smooth co-existential experiences is facilitated. An imaginative and creative effort indeed which broadens the horizon of the would-be-readers as well.

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I loved the book, but with hindsight, I think it would've been incomplete without this kit that is very engaging, and a great discussion generator.

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This was a great kit! It was well organized and appealing to the reader. I enjoyed the discussion questions, they were extremely helpful for my book club's discussion. I also loved the playlist. A perfect soundtrack to the book.

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This is a great tool for bookclubs that are reading All My Ragre Very insightful questions and also includes an author note and interview. You will also find recipes that pair with the book. What more a reader could ask for? Thank you to the publisher for providing this wonderful addition to the book.

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This is an excellent book club kit to accompany ALL MY RAGE. Not only did I find the discussion questions excellent, I got greater insight into the book through the author interview. I think it would be fun for a book club to make the suggested recipes or listen to the Spotify playlist. This will enrich the reading experience of those reading alone or with a group.

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I absoluelty love these kits and so I am going to say the same thing I said for all the rest of them. I run a book group that is all about the intersectionality of gender, race, class etc where we read fiction, nonfiction, poetry, and plays that dabble in an assortment of genres for ages twelve and up. A kit like this makes it 10x easier to prep for my discussion that month with a sort of guideline for what sort of questions can be asked on top of the author interviews. I also really enjoy the handouts that these kits provide. The book marks and even book related lists are great for patrons wanting more from the book group.

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This book club kit was very complete and I think it would be a great addition to the book.
I though that the note to readers identifying the triggers and spoiler warnings was a bit much because one assumes that the book has been read before starting the kit.
The letter from the author was a nice touch - and gave insight into the book.
I didn't think the cover was striking, but the inspiration described in the interview made me look at it differently.
The discussion questions were well thought out and are sure to encourage a lively discussion of the book.
I liked the little extras - the bookmarks, recipes, and what to read next. I think that covered just about everything a book club would want to know. Likewise, the resources were interesting too.
I think that the inclusion of other books by the author and some of her information was helpful to put the story into context.
And the Playlist! What a great idea! I think that the playlist would set the mood for the book club, and along with the Chai and Kulfi, bring the group into Sabaa's world.

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I loved Sabaa Tahir's young adult fantasy series, and am so glad that I got to read not just All My Rage, but also this book club kit. Not only does it contain very insightful questions, but also a wonderful recipe that you will not want to miss!

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It was get to see the authors insight and how you could create a good range of conversations with your friends and family.

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A wonderful kit!!! thank you so much for providing this for readers it has great discussion topics, plus some fun extras like an author letter, palylist and bookmarks! There's even recipes and book recs! Loved it :)

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Ahhhhh! This is a fantastic kit. It delves into the emotional aspect of the book and the 3 main characters. This is great for book clubs and nicely included a letter from the author. Bonus, a playlist is also in this kit to give you all the feels.

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I found this to be helpful in discussing this book with my club. We had insightful conversations and were able to further explore what this book meant

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So much to talk about this book. This has an interview with the author that gives you a little more into the writing process, which is nice for a book as rooted in its environment as this one. Specially helpful if there are some readers who aren't too familiar with the world she's writing about.

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I already reviewed All My Rage and I loved it. Now when it comes to the book club kit, I did find it useful and think it’s a great tool to use when discussing the book. I would definitely recommend this to others who host and/or run book clubs. I would love to see more Book Club kits developed for other books.

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I would love to interview Sabaa Tahir for Pop-Culturalist.com. Sabaa Tahir is one of my favorite authors and I adore her writing style. Sabaa knows how to write lovable characters and create tension between them.

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A group composed of myself and some friends meet monthly to discuss a book that we chose to read. This book club kit helped tremendously when we met up. There were many good discussion questions and interviews that we could talk about to keep us on task throughout our meeting!

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super helpful book club kit for tahir's first contemporary novel 'all my rage' - i read this book a few days ago and still haven't made up my mind about it. it was nothing like i expected. i'm a huge fan of sabaa tahirs and after reading the an ember in the ashes quartet my expectations were quite high. i wouldn't say that all my rage disappointed me but it was so different from sabaa tahirs other work that i needed some time to get into it. this book kit definitely makes it easier to comprehend sabaa's motives on writing this story. i appreciated her careful and profound way of approaching difficult themes surrounding love, loss, abuse and more. the interview in here just reinforces my initial feeling. i also really liked the playlist and the recipes that are included in this book kit!

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I requested this because I bought this book and was considering it as my book club selection. I downloaded the kit and it was great. Full of interviews and questions and background information. I really liked it and look forward to sharing some of the info.

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Great book club kit about All My Rage. I loved the book and the questions helped me discuss it with friends who also read it! I love the addition of the author's letter and interview. The playlist is also a nice addition since Noor loves music so much. I hope I can try the recipes some time as well! Maybe while listening to the playlist :)

Now I'll go back to hug All My Rage while eating chocolate because this book destroyed me (in the best way)!

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