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Shudu Finds Her Magic (English)

Musida Musida author Shudufhadzo Abigail Shudufhadzo Abigail author Burgen Thorne illustrator

Format:Paperback

Publisher:Jacana Media (Pty) Ltd

Published:21st Jul '21

Should be back in stock very soon

Shudu Finds Her Magic (English) cover

[…] Gugu smiled. “My darling child, you are already perfect. You just have to be yourself.” She pulled Shudu closer. “Just remember one thing, my child. If you are beautiful inside,” she tapped Shudu’s chest where her heart was beating, “then you will always be beautiful outside.” In this courageous and beautiful book, Miss South Africa, Shudufhadzo Musida, tells the story of her beginnings; of a singing and dancing and chatty girl in a small village named Ha-Vhangani, surrounded by love and most especially by her mum and Gogo Gugu. But things go wrong for Shudu when she moves to a new town and she is bullied by her classmates. Read how Shudu overcomes her sadness and her challenges, and becomes a girl, and then an adult, who has learned to love herself!

“The one lesson I learnt is that when something bad is happening to you it is important to speak to an adult that you trust about it. This could be a parent, a family member, a teacher or an elder. Remember that being bullied is not your fault. There is nothing wrong with you. Nobody should have to go through what I went through.” – Shudufhadzo Musida

ISBN: 9781431431106

Dimensions: 275mm x 240mm x 15mm

Weight: 500g

32 pages