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Katie Quirk

    Katie Quirk è l'autrice di un romanzo per ragazzi ambientato in Tanzania, che esplora la vita di una giovane ragazza. Il suo stile di scrittura si concentra spesso su temi forti e personaggi avvincenti che risuonano con i giovani lettori. Quirk trae ispirazione dalle sue esperienze di vita, che conferiscono autenticità e profondità alle sue storie. Attualmente sta lavorando a un nuovo libro ispirato alla crescita di suo figlio in India.

    Girl Called Problem
    • Girl Called Problem

      • 256pagine
      • 9 ore di lettura

      Thirteen-year-old Shida, whose name means “problem” in Swahili, certainly has a lot of problems in her life — her father is dead, her depressed mother is rumored to be a witch, and everyone in her rural Tanzanian village expects her to marry rather than pursue her dream of becoming a healer. So when the village’s elders make a controversial decision to move their people to a nearby village, Shida welcomes the change. Surely the opportunity to go to school and learn from a nurse can only mean good things.However, after a series of puzzling misfortunes plague the new village, Shida must prove to her people that moving was the right decision, and that they can have a better life in their new home.

      Girl Called Problem