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Samira Surfs
Rukhsanna Guidroz
Illustrator: Fahmida Azim
Ages: 12+
Published: 2021
Publisher: Kokola/Penguin/Random House
ISBN: 978-1-9848-1619-1
Keywords: Diversity, bigotry, Muslims, Myanmar
Forced to flee Myanmar (Burma), a Rohingya family rebuilds their lives as refugees in Bangladesh. Surfing provides friends and empowerment. Free verse. Stark black-and-white illustrations. Back matter.