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The Adventures of Na Willa

Book / Novel — Women in Translation


The Adventures of Na Willa

by Reda Gaudiamo
Translated by Ikhda Maharsi Kate Wakeling

Format: Paperback, English
119 page(s)
ISBN/ISBN13: B07QPBKB4P/
Published Apr 11, 2019 by The Emma Press

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Indonesian author Reda Gaudiamo has created a collection of stories of curious adventures and musings of a multicultural girl growing up in Indonesia with a Javanese mother and a Chinese-Indonesian father. Set in a time when children spent the day outside, listening to Lilis Suryani’s songs on the radio, and when race and gender would still go undiscussed, this is Na Willa’s story as she grows up unafraid to ask the big questions.


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Readers looking for an entertaining middle-grade chapter book full of adventures that make the ordinary extraordinary are bound to love Na Willa!
Johanna McCalmont   in June Reviews (World Kid Lit, Jun 12, 2023)
I’m glad the translator/publisher chose to keep the original words and explain them in order to help kids learn about Indonesian culture. The Adventures of Na Willa is a fun way to learn about Indonesia.
— in Kids Read: Asia (Kids Read the World, May 23, 2022)
The fact that one single page was able to hook my son and keep him interested speaks volumes for this little red book.
Claire Storey   in World Kid Lit Review: The Adventures of Na Willa (Personal Blog, Apr 22, 2020)


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