A Girl Who Looks Like Me with Susan Muaddi Darraj

<p>This week’s Story Seeds collaboration brings together 12 year old Sulaf and Susan Muaddi Darraj (author of the new middle grade series <i>Farah Rocks  </i>and a 2014 AWP Grace Paley Award, 2016 American Book Award, and 2016 Arab American Book Award winner)  on a field trip to the Riverside Theater in New York City. </p><p>Susan helps Sulaf grow this story idea:</p><p><i>A young girl who lives in New York City and works in the theater district realizes there is a very dark secret hidden at the show she's working on. </i></p><p>Follow Sulaf and Susan's thrill-filled Story Seeds adventure with host Betsy Bird as:</p><ul><li>Sulaf tells Susan her wish of seeing a story about an Arab-American girl who looks like her and represents not only her cultural background but her love of the theatre too</li><li>They talk about the Dr. Rudine Sims Bishop's metaphor on  how children's books should be  be mirrors, windows, and sliding glass doors for readers</li><li>They geek out over their mutual l...