Wave, Diana Farid
Wave, Diana Farid
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Wave

Author: Diana Farid

Narrator: Diana Farid

Unabridged: 3 hr 31 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Recorded Books

Published: 04/05/2022

Includes: Bonus Material Bonus Material Included


Synopsis

Dare the ocean to dance and it’ll
flow
flip
throw
me back,
tease with swells so I keep
watching
waiting
hoping
for the bigger wave,
that might take me all
the way 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, this novel in verse is about a girl who rides the waves, tumbles, and finds her way back to the shore.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Rosh ~catching up slowly~ on April 13, 2022

In a Nutshell: A middle-grade novel-in-verse that covers quite a lot of serious themes and does justice to almost all of them. Story: 1987, Southern California. Thirteen year old Ava loves many things things: surfing with her best friend Phoenix, singing, reading poems by Rumi. Unfortunately, she does......more

Goodreads review by The Silvan Reverie | Sarah Street on January 22, 2022

I cannot think of a more perfect title for this memorable book -- "Wave" takes you on an emotional and powerful journey that feels like being immersed and taken in by the ocean itself. The lyrical narrative is steady and enthralling. While the narrative from the protagonist's point of view may feel......more

Goodreads review by Alex on March 21, 2022

Wave is a novel-in-verse narrated in the first person by Ava, a thirteen-year-old Persian American living in southern California who is mildly OCD. Set in the 1980s, Ava is looking forward to graduating from eight grade and a summer of hanging out at the beach surfing with Phoenix and best friend Na......more

Goodreads review by Afoma (Reading Middle Grade) on April 19, 2023

Wave by Diana Farid is a lyrical, captivating, and heartwrenching middle grade verse novel about first crushes, surfing, and the grief of losing a friend. This is also a great way to introduce kids to older technologies from the 80s and learn about volunteering at a hospital. Ava is a flawed, relata......more