Spring 2025

Faiza Is a Fighter

  • Interest Level: Grade 4 - Grade 8
  • Reading Level: Grade 4

Faiza wants to win the biggest boxing tournament in town. When the odds are stacked against her, will she be able to achieve her dream without the presence of her biggest supporter?

Life in hilly northern India is not easy. Every day, Faiza has to scale the mountains to reach her school or to fetch water from the stream. Faiza doesn’t have many friends or relatives who believe in her, but her dream of being a world champion boxer and the support of her only parent, her dad, and her grandma keeps her going.

When her dad’s travel is delayed due to a landslide, she has to enter the boxing tournament without her coach and support system. Will she give up or forge out on her own? Sometimes your biggest cheerleader is the voice inside of you. Fight, Faiza, fight!

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Interest Level Grade 4 - Grade 8
Reading Level Grade 4
Genre Graphic Novels
Category SEL: A Self-Awareness, SEL: B Self-Management, SEL: E Responsible Decision-Making, Social Emotional Learning
Copyright 2025
Publisher Lerner Publishing Group
Imprint Soaring Kite Books
Language English
Number of Pages 72
Publication Date 2025-05-06
Text Type Fiction
BISACS JUV008000, JUV032070, JUV014000
Dewey [Fic]
Dimensions 8 x 11
Guided Reading Level TBD
Features Author/Illustrator biography and Original artwork

Author, Illustrator: Debasmita Dasgupta

Debasmita Dasgupta is an internationally published, award-winning, Kirkus Best Prize nominated illustrator and graphic novelist based in the UK. She enjoys drawing both fiction and non-fiction picture books, comics, and poems for children and young adults. She has also illustrated animated stories that have been showcased in the Raindance Film Festival in London & Toronto. As an art-for-change advocate, she tells stories of changemakers, partnering with global non-profits such as the Story Centre in New York. Her art has been exhibited around the world and more than 45 international media outlets have featured her creations.