Sadia
Nelson, Colleen
creator
author.
text
novel
Authors, Canadian.
Canadian fiction.
FICTION / General.
onc
Toronto, ON
Dundurn Press
2018
monographic
eng
235 pages ; 21 cm
"Thirteen-year-old Sadia is Muslim and passionate about one thing: basketball. When her teacher announces tryouts for this year's co-ed team, she jumps at the opportunity. Her talent speaks for itself. Her head scarf, on the other hand, is a problem. Surrounded by her classmates and a new friend, Syrian refugee Amira, Sadia learns about standing up for herself and fighting for what is right. Written from Sadia's point of view, the book examines how three female Muslim teenagers experience life. Sadia wants to maintain her Muslim identity and refuses to remove her head covering at a basketball tournament; Amira is a Syrian refugee, reeling from the trauma she experienced when she fled her home; and Nazreen is ready to eschew her Muslim heritage to fit in with the popular crowd at school."--
Middle grade.
juvenile
Colleen Nelson.
Issued also in electronic formats.
Red Maple Award official selection, 2019
Teenage girls
Fiction
Refugees
Fiction
Muslim teenagers
Fiction
F NEL
9781459740297
CaOONL
170726
20230502085815.0
000045254607
eng