Lissa: A Story about Medical Promise, Friendship, and Revolution by Sarula Bao, Caroline Brewer, Coleman Nye, Sherine Hamdy
Lissa: A Story about Medical Promise, Friendship, and Revolution

Sarula Bao, Caroline Brewer, Coleman Nye, Sherine Hamdy

Lissa: A Story about Medical Promise, Friendship, and Revolution

Sarula Bao, Caroline Brewer, Coleman Nye, Sherine Hamdy

302 pages first pub 2017 (editions)

nonfiction comics graphic novel emotional informative reflective slow-paced

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"Anna is the daughter of Americans working in Cairo. But she feels more at home with the humble family of her friend Layla, who lives in the doorman's shack adjacent to Anna's apartment building. As the women grow up, their unlikely friendship is ...

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Moods

emotional 80%
informative 60%
hopeful 53%
inspiring 53%
sad 46%
reflective 40%
tense 40%
challenging 26%
dark 20%
funny 6%

Pace

fast 92%
medium 7%

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4.12

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