Say Something, Poupeh Babaee!: A Graphic Novel
$32.99
- Paperback
176 pages
- Release Date
14 October 2025
Summary
Moving to a new country is hard enough, especially when you have to do it alone during a national travel ban. When the pressures of a new school, a new language, and new bullies leave Poupeh selectively mute, she struggles to find her voice which leaves her family pleading “Say something, Poupeh Babaee!”
Poupeh Babaee is an Iranian girl sent to live with her relatives in the United States. Although Poupeh understands and speaks English, the stress of entering a new school in a foreign…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781499815269 |
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| ISBN-10: | 1499815263 |
| Author: | Haleh Massey, Ghazal Qadri |
| Publisher: | Little Bee Books Inc. |
| Imprint: | Little Bee Books Inc. |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 176 |
| Release Date: | 14 October 2025 |
| Weight: | 354g |
| Dimensions: | 13mm x 152mm x 216mm |
| Audience Age: | 8-12 |
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Critics Review
This touching graphic novel explores family dynamics and how our minds reach for control when it feels like we have none … [It] provides insight, encourages empathy, and reminds all immigrant children that they belong here too. * Booklist *
An emotionally compelling, insistently educative view of a challenging immigration experience. * School Library Journal *
Haleh Massey
Dr. Haleh Massey has blossomed from an awkward teenager to an awkward mother. She is a clinical psychologist and marriage and family therapist with almost two decades of experience working with children and their families. She met the love of her life at a non-profit agency in the big, bad city, then returned to the suburbs where she and her husband run a private practice and are awkwardly raising two amazing children. When she’s not working, Dr. Massey enjoys building Lego and eating turkey sandwiches.
Ghazal Qadri is a Kashmiri-born illustrator. Born and raised in a conflict area, Ghazal enjoys working on daily comics about her real-life situations, especially ones that she experienced while living in Kashmir. Changing a mundane moment into a relatable story is the way she makes sense through her art. Ghazal’s work focuses on storytelling through comics and Illustrations for books, digital products, and more.
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