Suitable reading age: over 9 years old
This novel is adapted from the movie wadjda of the same name. The film wadjda has won the Best Film of Venice Film Festival Future Award, the Best Film of Sydney International Film Festival and the Best Children's Film of Asia-Pacific Film Award (nomination), representing Saudi Arabia in the Oscar for Best Foreign Language Film and winning international acclaim! It tells the story of wadjda, a little girl in Saudi Arabia. She dreams of owning a bicycle, but the local religion doesn't allow it. She was under pressure from family and society, but finally realized her dream with her unremitting efforts and her mother's understanding and help.
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Suitable reading age: over 9 years old
In 2008 Beijing Olympic Games, Samia, an African girl, came last, slower than the first 10s, but her spirit of pursuing dreams, hopes and freedom made the whole world stand up and applaud her! Giuseppe, the UN Goodwill Ambassador, told her story? Catozra's adaptation touched and inspired countless people. Samia, a Somali girl, has crossed more than ten years for her dream of running and becoming an Olympic champion, risking various challenges and dangers to embark on the journey again and again. In Somalia, full of bullets and disasters, running is the only expectation of life. In order to hope for a better future, Samia will risk his life and cross deserts and oceans. ...