The Green Bicycle
$25.39
- Paperback
352 pages
- Release Date
1 February 2016
Summary
A heartwarming Middle Eastern coming-of-age story, told with warmth, spirit, and a mischievous sense of humour.
Dreamer. Rebel. Hero.
Wadjda has one simple wish - to race her friend Abdullah on her very own bicycle. But in Saudi Arabia, it is considered improper for girls to ride bikes and her parents forbid her from having one. Sick of playing by the rules, Wadjda schemes different ways to make money and buy the bike herself.
But freedom comes at a hi…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780141356686 |
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| ISBN-10: | 0141356685 |
| Author: | Haifaa Al Mansour |
| Publisher: | Penguin Random House Children's UK |
| Imprint: | Puffin |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 352 |
| Release Date: | 1 February 2016 |
| Weight: | 244g |
| Dimensions: | 198mm x 130mm x 22mm |
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About The Author
Haifaa Al Mansour
Haifaa al-Mansour is a Saudi Arabian film director and screenwriter, and the winner of an EDA Female Focus Award. Her first feature-length film, “Wadjda,” won the Best International Feature Audience Award at the Los Angeles Film Festival, among other awards, and is the basis of this middle grade novel. Her next film, “A Storm in the Stars” starring Elle Fanning, is set to release in 2016. The Green Bicycle is her debut novel.
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