Butterfly
From Refugee to Olympian, My Story of Rescue, Hope, and Triumph
New York : St. Martin's Press, 2018.
Format: Book
Edition: First U.S. edition.
Description: 284 pages : color illustrations ; 25 cm
Traces the author's life-changing rescue of a boatload of fellow refugees and how it inspired her to compete on the 2016 Refugee Olympic Team in Rio de Janeiro, tracing her subsequent advocacy on behalf of people who have been forced from their homes by war.
Subjects:
Mardini, Yusra.
Olympic Games (31st : 2016 : Rio de Janeiro, Brazil) -- History.
Women swimmers -- Syria -- Biography.
Mardini, Yusra.
Olympic Games (31st : 2016 : Rio de Janeiro, Brazil) -- History.
Women swimmers -- Syria -- Biography.
ISBN:
9781250184405 (hardcover)
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Call Number | Location | Shelf Location | Status |
BIOGRAPHY Mardini, Yusra | Main (Downtown) | Third Level, Biography | In |
"First published in the United Kingdom by Bluebird, an imprint of Pan Macmillan"--Title page verso.