Samira Surfs
Samira Surfs
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Samira Surfs

Written by Rukhsanna Guidroz & illustrated by Fahmida Azim
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8 - 12
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Jun 7, 2022
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A middle grade novel in verse about Samira, an eleven-year-old Rohingya refugee living in Cox’s Bazar, Bangladesh, who finds strength and sisterhood in a local surf club for girls. Samira thinks of her life as before and after: before the burning and violence in her village in Burma, when she and her best friend would play in the fields, and after, when her family was forced to flee. There’s before the uncertain journey to Bangladesh by river, and after, when the river swallowed her nana and nani whole. And now, months after rebuilding a life in Bangladesh with her mama, baba, and brother, there’s before Samira saw the Bengali surfer girls of Cox’s Bazar, and after, when she decides she’ll become one. Samira Surfs, written by Rukhsanna Guidroz with illustrations by Fahmida Azim, is a tender novel in verse about a young Rohingya girl’s journey from isolation and persecution to sisterhood, and from fear to power.

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ISBN
9781984816214
Publication Date
June 7, 2022
Publisher
Kokila
Page Count
416
Audience
Middle Grade
Reading Age
8 - 12 years
Lib. of Congress (LCCN)
2021931136

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