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Katie Quirk

    Katie Quirk is de auteur van een jeugdroman die zich afspeelt in Tanzania en het leven van een jong meisje onderzoekt. Haar schrijfstijl richt zich vaak op sterke thema's en boeiende personages die resoneren met jonge lezers. Quirk haalt inspiratie uit haar levenservaringen, wat authenticiteit en diepgang aan haar verhalen verleent. Ze werkt momenteel aan een nieuw boek, geïnspireerd door de opvoeding van haar zoon in India.

    Girl Called Problem
    • Girl Called Problem

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      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 Problem2013