Yusra Swims - Hardcover Books

Available from Chrysanthemum when we last checked. Sold from the shop’s own store; the price there is the one that counts.

A biography in rhyme relates the story of Olympic swimmer and Syrian refugee Yusra Mardini. Ages 6 - 10 Fiction, 32 pages, 2020 A talented swimmer with Olympic dreams, Yusra Mardini trains daily, despite unrest in her native Syria. When the conflict intensifies, her father arranges for her to evacuate to Europe. She flees by bus, and then by sea, where her swimming skills are put to good use towing a sinking rowboat to shore. When she finally arrives in Berlin, she begins training again and even