Book jacket image for The Ramadan Drummer by Sahtinay Abaza

Reycraft Books

9781478879152

STARRED REVIEW

The Ramadan Drummer

With visceral descriptions accompanied by bold illustrations—particularly its glorious depictions of nighttime—The Ramadan Drummer will appeal to both the senses and emotions of young readers.

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Review of ‘The Ramadan Drummer’

Author Sahtinay Abaza immediately draws in young readers of The Ramadan Drummer with a visceral description of how fasting for Ramadan feels to the book’s central character: “Hunger gripped Adam like a wild beast twisting and turning for food. It grumbled. It stomped and roared.” Meanwhile, Dinara Mirtalipova’s full-spread illustration characterizes this hunger as a…

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