And maybe someone at the competition had something to do with it.Īs secrets are revealed and the true colors of her friends are shown, it’s up to Najwa to find out who’s behind these mysterious posts-not just to save Trina’s memory, but to save herself. Buy Queen of the Tiles by Hanna Alkaf from Waterstones today Click and Collect from your local Waterstones or get FREE UK delivery on orders over £25. She graduated with a degree in journalism from Northwestern University and has spent most of her life working with words, both in. All’s fair in love and Scrabble, but all bets are off when Trina’s formerly inactive Instagram starts posting again, with cryptic messages suggesting that maybe Trina’s death wasn’t as straightforward as everyone thought. Hanna Alkaf is the author of The Weight of Our Sky, Queen of the Tiles, The Girl and The Ghost, and Hamra and the Jungle of Memories, as well as coeditor of the young adult anthology The Grimoire of Grave Fates. With Trina, the Scrabble Queen herself, gone, the throne is empty, and her friends are eager to be the next reigning champion. It might be even though Najwa’s trying to change, she’s not ready to give up Trina just yet.īut the same can’t be said for all the other competitors. Perhaps it wasn’t the best idea to choose the very same competition where said best friend, Trina Low, died. She has a degree in journalism from Northwestern University, more than ten years of experience in journalism and communications, an out-of-control TBR pile, and two energetic little humans to clothe, feed and entertain all day. When Najwa Bakri walks into her first Scrabble competition since her best friend’s death, it’s with the intention to heal and move on with her life. Hanna Alkaf is an author of unapologetically Malaysian young adult and middle grade books.

Noun: a person or thing that precipitates an event or change* They Wish They Were Us meets The Queen’s Gambit in the world of competitive Scrabble when a teen girl is forced to investigate the mysterious death of her best friend a year after the fact when her Instagram comes back to life with cryptic posts and messages.

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