Butterfly by Yusra Mardini

Butterfly by Yusra Mardini

Butterfly is the inspiring story of how one woman saved fellow refugees from drowning--and how she went on to become an Olympic swimmer.

When young Syrian refugee Yusra Mardini realized her boat's engine shut down as she was traveling from Syria to Greece with other refugees, there was no hesitation: she dove into the water. Surfacing, she heard desperate prayers and sobbing from the passengers in the sinking boat above her. Between the waves, her elder sister Sarah screamed at her to get back on the boat. But Mardini was determined. She was not going to let Sarah do this alone. Grabbing the rope with one hand, she began kicking up the black water, inching the boat towards the distant shore.

This bold act of bravery saved the lives of a boatload of refugees heading to Turkey from Syria. After her arrival in Greece, Mardini, focused and undeterred, worked toward a lifelong goal: to compete in the Olympics. She succeeded, and competed in 2016 on the Refugee Olympic Team in Rio de Janeiro.

Butterfly tells her story, from Syria to the Olympics to her current work with the UN as a Goodwill Ambassador. Mardini is eager to tell her story in the hopes that readers will remember that refugees are ordinary people in extraordinary circumstances, chased from their homes by a devastating war. In today's political climate, this story is guaranteed to inspire and educate readers from every background.

Yusra Mardini (Damasco, 1998) es una nadadora olü¾™†”¼mpica y refugiada siria que en 2015 huyü¾Œ¶˜¼ de su ciudad natal devastada por la guerra. En 2016 nadü¾Œ¶˜¼ con el Equipo Olü¾™†”¼mpico para Refugiados y posteriormente fue nombrada embajadora de Buena Voluntad del ACNUR. Hasta la fecha, es la persona mü¾Œ–”¼s joven que ostenta este cargo. Ademü¾Œ–”¼s, es una de las veinticinco mujeres que estü¾Œ–”¼n ayudando a cambiar el mundo, segü¾˜–˜¼n la revista People, y una de las treinta adolescentes mü¾Œ–”¼s influyentes de 2016, segü¾˜–˜¼n la revista Time. La Malala Foundation la ha incluido en su lista de deportistas que estü¾Œ–”¼n cambiando las reglas del juego y es una de las protagonistas de Cuentos de buenas noches para niü¾Œ–˜¼as rebeldes. Su historia ha inspirado a Stephen Daldry, director de Billy Elliot, El lector o Las horas, y su pelü¾™†”¼cula se estrenarü¾Œ–”¼ en 2019. Actualmente Yusra vive en Berlü¾™†”¼n y estü¾Œ–”¼ entrenando para los Juegos Olü¾™†”¼mpicos de 2020.

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ISBN 13	9781250848147
ISBN 10	1250848148
Title	Butterfly
Author	Yusra Mardini
Condition	Unavailable
Binding Type	Paperback
Publisher	St. Martin's Griffin
Year published	2022-08-16
Number of pages	304
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