• Wave

Wave

Author
Illustrator
Kris Goto
Publication Date
March 29, 2022
Genre / Grade Band
Fiction /  6th − 8th
Language
English
Format
Novel in Verse
Wave

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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, to follow in her single mother's footsteps to become a doctor. And when Phoenix's past lymphoma surges back, not even surfing, singing, or poetry can keep them afloat, threatening Ava's hold on the one place and the one person that make her feel like she belongs. With ocean-like rhythm and lyricism, Wave is about a girl who rides the waves, tumbles, and finds her way back to the shore.

Publication date
March 29, 2022
Genre
Fiction
ISBN-13
9781951836580
Publisher
Harry N. Abrams
BISAC categories
YAF044000 - Young Adult Fiction | Novels in Verse
YAF059130 - Young Adult Fiction | Sports & Recreation | Water Sports
YAF014000 - Young Adult Fiction | Diversity & Multicultural
Library of Congress categories
History
Friendship
20th century
Novels in verse
Young adult fiction
Cancer
Best friends
California, Southern
Obsessive-compulsive disorder
Hospitals
Iranian Americans
Belonging (Social psychology)
YOUNG ADULT FICTION / Sports & Recreation / W
YOUNG ADULT FICTION / Diversity & Multicultur

Kirkus

Rich, layered, and heart-rending.

Diana Farid
Diana Farid is an award-winning author and poet. Her picture book, When You Breathe, was a National Council of Teachers of English Notable poetry book. Her novel in verse, Wave, was the 2022 Cybils Award winner for poetry novel and a School Library Journal Best Middle Grade Book. She is also a physician and associate professor at Stanford University.
Hoda Hadadi is a children's books illustrator living and working in Tehran, Iran. She has illustrated more than forty books for children and has won numerous international prizes, including the New Horizons Bologna Ragazzi Award and the Grand Prix of Belgrade.