Set against the shifting social attitudes of the Middle East, this book explores gender roles, conformity, and the importance of family, all with wit and irresistible heart.
Haifaa al-Mansour is a Saudi Arabian film director and screenwriter, and the winner of an EDA Female Focus Award. Her first feature-length film, "Wadjda," won the Best International Feature Audience Award at the Los Angeles Film Festival, among other awards, and is the basis of this middle grade novel. Her next film, "A Storm in the Stars" starring Elle Fanning, is set to release in 2016. The Green Bicycle is her debut novel.
