Book Description
for Malaika's Winter Carnival by Nadia L. Hohn and Irene Luxbacher
From The United States Board on Books for Young People (USBBY)
Readers will be reunited with Malaika as she begins a new adventure in Canada. Malaika is glad to be with her mother again and happy for her and her new husband, Mr. Frederic. She is not quite sure what to make of Mr. Frederic's daughter, her new sister, Adele. Malaika misses her grandmother, extended family, and the food and sun of Caribbean island life. Nothing about the weather, school or her classmates is familiar and Malaika struggles to be understood. As Malaika settles into her new life in cold, snowy Canada she warms up to her new family, home and country.
2018 USBBY Outstanding International Books List.
Author lives in Toronto, Canada.
English. Originally published in Canada by Groundwood Books in 2017.
© USBBY, 2022. Used with permission.