A Place for Sofia

A Place for Sofia
Author: Laura Holt-Haslam
Publisher: Laura Holt-Haslam
Total Pages: 216
Release: 2019-11-01
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN:

Sofia Ruiz adores her horse, Sundance, a gift from Gramma Lisa who has cared for her during her mother's absence. Weeks before her eleventh birthday, Sofia's mother unexpectedly returns, demanding she pack and leave Sundance behind. Anxious, lonely, and determined to reunite with Sundance, Sofia searches for a way to return to Gramma Lisa. After meeting the neighbor's miniature horses, Sofia is invited to join the Mini Whinnies Horse Club. As her horse and human friendships grow, Sofia wrestles with where she belongs. Will she ever see Sundance again? A heart-warming story to inspire horse lovers of all ages.

A Place for Sofia

A Place for Sofia
Author: Laura Holt-Haslam
Publisher:
Total Pages: 214
Release: 2019-11
Genre:
ISBN: 9781393727033

Sofia Ruiz adores her horse, Sundance, a gift from the grandmother who has cared for her during her mother's absence. Weeks before her eleventh birthday, her mother demands that she pack her things, forcing Sofia to leave Sundance behind. She's sent to live with the great-grandfather she barely knows. Anxious, lonely, and determined to be reunited with Sundance, Sofia searches for a way to return to her grandmother. After meeting the neighbor's miniature horses, Sofia is invited to join the Mini Whinnies Horse Club with quick-tempered Olivia, who uses crutches to walk, and her twin brother, Ryan, who's afraid of horses. As her horse and human friendships grow, Sofia wrestles with where she belongs. Will she ever see Sundance again? This heart-warming story about friendship and discovering family in unexpected places will inspire horse-lovers of all ages.

A Good Country

A Good Country
Author: Sofia Ali-Khan
Publisher: Random House
Total Pages: 433
Release: 2022-07-05
Genre: Biography & Autobiography
ISBN: 059323703X

A leading advocate for social justice excavates the history of forced migration in the twelve American towns she’s called home, revealing how White supremacy has fundamentally shaped the nation. “At a time when many would rather ban or bury the truth, Ali-Khan bravely faces it in this bracing and necessary book.”—Ayad Akhtar, Pulitzer Prize–winning author of Homeland Elegies Sofia Ali-Khan’s parents emigrated from Pakistan to America, believing it would be a good country. With a nerdy interest in American folk history and a devotion to the rule of law, Ali-Khan would pursue a career in social justice, serving some of America’s most vulnerable communities. By the time she had children of her own—having lived, worked, and worshipped in twelve different towns across the nation—Ali-Khan felt deeply American, maybe even a little extra American for having seen so much of the country. But in the wake of 9/11, and on the cusp of the 2016 election, Ali-Khan’s dream of a good life felt under constant threat. As the vitriolic attacks on Islam and Muslims intensified, she wondered if the American dream had ever applied to families like her own, and if she had gravely misunderstood her home. In A Good Country, Ali-Khan revisits the color lines in each of her twelve towns, unearthing the half-buried histories of forced migration that still shape every state, town, and reservation in America today. From the surprising origins of America’s Chinatowns, the expulsion of Maroon and Seminole people during the conquest of Florida, to Virginia’s stake in breeding humans for sale, Ali-Khan reveals how America’s settler colonial origins have defined the law and landscape to maintain a White America. She braids this historical exploration with her own story, providing an intimate perspective on the modern racialization of American Muslims and why she chose to leave the United States. Equal parts memoir, history, and current events, A Good Country presents a vital portrait of our nation, its people, and the pathway to a better future.

Sofia the First: Ready to be a Princess

Sofia the First: Ready to be a Princess
Author: Disney Books
Publisher: Disney Electronic Content
Total Pages: 20
Release: 2015-05-26
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 148475090X

Read along with Disney! Today is another busy day in the kingdom of Enchancia for Princess Sofia. Join Sofia and see what an ordinary day is like for this new princess!

Sophia's Jungle Adventure

Sophia's Jungle Adventure
Author: Giselle Shardlow
Publisher: CreateSpace
Total Pages: 38
Release: 2012-05-19
Genre: Health & Fitness
ISBN: 9781475225488

"Join Sophia on her jungle adventure! Fly like a toucan, slither like a snake, and flutter like a butterfly as you act out this journey through a Costa Rican jungle. What else might you see?" --cover.

Dishonoured

Dishonoured
Author: Sofia Hayat
Publisher: Kings Road Publishing
Total Pages: 208
Release: 2023-11-23
Genre: Biography & Autobiography
ISBN: 1789468078

Sofia Hayat is beautiful, talented and successful with appearances in feature films, television shows, commercials and modelling campaigns. Yet it is what lies behind Sofia's glamourous life and glittering career that makes her life story so compelling and inspirational. Sofia's childhood was worlds away from her current, free-spirited life. Growing up at the heart of a Muslim family, above her parents' corner shop in Kent, she was forced to comply by the strictest of rules - her father forbade her from having friends and, if she was caught talking to boys, she would suffer severe, often violent, consequences at his hands. But the lowest point of her childhood came when she learned she was to be forced into an arranged marriage - the thought of being trapped in an empty, loveless union tipped Sofia into attempting to take her own life and instigated a spate of self-harming. Her chance to break free finally came when she won herself a place at university, where she experienced for the first time the freedoms that most young women in Britain take for granted. Her new life revolved around partying and meeting men, something that had been forbidden by her parents. Her experimentation with sex, however, resulted in death threats from her own family and, in a shocking twist, her own parents kidnapped her and an honour killing loomed as her family believed that her behaviour was tarnishing their image. In spite of the efforts of her family to thwart her bid for freedom, thanks to her strength of mind and conviction, Sofia continued to follow her dream of becoming an actress, eventually moving to London to embark on her career.

Sofia

Sofia
Author: Ahmed Abdul Kadhim Alasawi
Publisher: Austin Macauley Publishers
Total Pages: 296
Release: 2024-01-05
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 139842577X

The events of this novel take place in London and Manchester. Sofia tells her life story to Victoria, a young girl, as they stand on Westminster Bridge in the heart of the vibrant city of London. Sofia’s life story starts after Big Ben of sound announcing her events, as a child in primary school to her adolescent years, and then becoming a medical student at Queen Mary University while battling breast cancer. Her journey in the past explains the trials and the hell she faced after going through the surgery of eradication. Sofia had to continue her studies if she wanted to become a doctor, but first she’d have to learn to be emotionally stronger to be able to move forward. Sofia spent time researching the growth of human organs, therefore, she wrote a medicine research about that, for it she would to find someone to work with her and that what happened when met with professor Anna scientist and director of the Medical Research Center (MRC) at Manchester University to discuss her findings and to see if there was a possibility to research them in reality. Anna agreed sharing that with Sofia and could be beneficial to the world even though it was so complex topic. Victoria is taken in with Sofia’s story because her friend Jasmine has breast cancer but she refuses the surgery of eradication. Victoria hopes that Sofia’s inspiration can help to convince Jasmine to get surgery for survival. What if Jasmine still refuses eradication? Will she choose death? What will be the alternative if Sofia could convince her? Will Sofia and professor Anna’s medical research provide solutions to science? This is what the novel will tell us.

Saint: The Mystery of Mallorca

Saint: The Mystery of Mallorca
Author: C. Hancock
Publisher: Ambassador International
Total Pages: 221
Release: 2011-04-15
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 1935507567

Many quaint and charming towns nestle in Mallorca's rocky folds, but behind the inviting exterior lies an intricate secret. A newlywed couple uncover the hidden history of Mallorca's patron saint, Saint Catherine Thomas. Caught between two rival families, Catherine's pure nature shines and inspires. This novel explores the nature of freewill, coping with life's thrills and lessons, the incomprehensible nature of love, and the insufferable consequences of living without it.

Closing the Loop

Closing the Loop
Author: Amanda Bateman
Publisher: Troubador Publishing Ltd
Total Pages: 265
Release: 2023-02-28
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 1803134720

The Arnold's have been through enough over the years. Abandonment. Murder. Grief. Heartache. Lies and Feuds. Are they to finally get their happy ever after?