Diana Farid
1) Wave
Author
Publisher
Recorded Books, Inc
Pub. Date
[2022]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 3.7 - AR Pts: 3
Description
A coming-of-age novel in verse set in 1980s Southern California, about a Persian American girl who rides the waves, falls, and finds her way back to the shore
Thirteen-year-old Ava loves to surf and to sing. Singing and reading Rumi poems settle her mild OCD, and catching waves with her best friend, Phoenix, lets her fit in-her olive skin looks tan, not foreign. But then Ava has to spend the summer before ninth grade volunteering at the hospital,...