Sisters Alone - by Shifa Saltagi Safadi (Hardcover)

About the Book

Trapped home alone during a blizzard, Rama and her younger sister Leena must face their icy relationship, anxiety, and grief as they fight to survive the storm and the turmoil around them.

Book Synopsis

From the National Book Award-winning author of Kareem Between comes a powerful novel in verse about two sisters trapped in a blizzard in a heart-wrenching story of sisterhood and survival.

Two sisters. One storm. A fight for their lives.

Rama is all fire--fierce, quick to anger, and trying to hold her family together while battling the monster of intrusive thoughts. Leena is all ice--quiet, numbed to the vibrancy of the world, as she silently blames herself for their mother's death.

When their father must travel for work, a sudden blizzard traps the sisters alone at their rural home. As the storm tears through their house, they're left without power, without food, without shelter--and with no one to rely on but each other.

Told in powerful, poetic verse, Sisters Alone is a heart-stopping story of sisterhood, survival, and the quiet strength it takes to keep going, even when the world feels like it's falling apart.

About the Author

SHIFA SALTAGI SAFADI is the National Book Award winning author of Kareem Between, the Amina Banana series, and several picture books, including The Gift of Eid. She has a bachelor's degree in English literature, is a former English teacher, and shares her favorite Muslim books on her blog, Muslim Mommy Blog. Shifa was born in Syria and immigrated to the US with her parents as a young girl. She lives near Chicago with her husband and four children.

Visit Shifa online at ShifaSafadi.com and on Instagram @ShifaSaltagiSafadi!