Award-winning author Padma Venkatraman returns with an uplifting middle grade novel in verse SAFE HARBOR (Nancy Paulsen Books; on sale January 21, 2025). In this poignant novel-in-verse, Padma Venkatraman tells the story of two kids who help rescue a wounded seal, and in learning it’s okay to show their emotions, find their own safe harbors.
Venkatraman was inspired to write SAFE HARBOR after walking along the shore near her home in the Ocean State, where she was surprised to see a seal on the beach. Like Geetha, Padma grew up in India and now lives in Rhode Island. Before becoming a full-time author, she worked as an oceanographer, and was the only BIPOC woman in her graduating class at the Virginia Institute of Marine Science at the College of William and Mary. Her personal experience compelled her to make sure to feature BIPOC females in leadership STEM roles in the novel and acknowledge mental health challenges, illnesses, and disorders without stigmatization and stereotyping.
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- Hardcover Book
- Venkatraman, Padma (Author)
- English (Publication Language)
- 176 Pages – 01/21/2025 (Publication Date) – Nancy Paulsen Books (Publisher)
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