The author’s inclusion of such a specific setting and pop culture references could have easily turned off a reader, but Farid seamlessly blends it into Ava’s story to where it is all part of one amazing package. It is full of so many emotions, beautiful writing, important topics, characterization, and 80s references. Review:This book is actually hard for me to write about because it is just so beautiful in all the right ways.
She spent most of her adolescence in Hong Kong and New Zealand, where she became inspired by the outside world and a passion for manga. Honolulu-based fine artist Kris Goto was born in Japan. She is a poet and a physician at Stanford University. “Farid brings her expertise as an MD to Ava’s story, simplifying the complexity of lymphoma while packing an emotional punch with the musical references that Ava uses to cope.” ― Booklistĭiana Farid is the author of When You Breathe, published by Cameron Kids. “Farid’s poetry rides the page like a wave, charting the ups and downs of Ava’s emotions.The verse format makes this text extremely accessible, and readers will be delighted to find elements of Ava’s Persian heritage and 1980s childhood also woven throughout.” ― School Library Journal Raw and powerful, this free verse novel honestly explores issues of identity, culture, grief, and hope… Rich, layered, and heart-rending.”― Kirkus Reviews “Processing her feelings through music empowers Ava and gives her a new understanding of home and the connections she shares with others. 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. 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. 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. Thirteen-year-old Ava loves to surf and to sing. Summary: 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. Published March 29th, 2022 by Cameron Kids
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