Superluminous
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- $7.99
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- $7.99
Publisher Description
Nour loves the luminous glow she was born with, but it’s only when it starts to dim that she discovers the true power of her brilliant light.
Nour has a superpower: she glows. Her light shines so bright, she feels like a star in the night sky. But when kids at school notice her glow, they’re not impressed. If she had a real superpower, they say, she could fly or turn invisible. So Nour stops feeling special. And as her light dims, her world darkens . . . until a nighttime cry from her baby sister shows her how powerful her glow can be.
Ian De Haes’s heartfelt story and radiant illustrations highlight themes of self-confidence, bravery, empathy, and the imaginative power of a strong female protagonist—whose name means light in Arabic.
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"Nour was born luminous," begins De Haes, depicting in sunny yellows a radiant infant cradled by her parents, glowing "as though a little sun was/ shining right inside of her." The brown-skinned girl literally shines, her luminescence emboldening her to explore "the darkest, dreariest corners" of the house. Though she prefers spending time alone rather than with others, Nour dons a superhero outfit for the first day of school, determined to make friends. But upon encountering mixed responses to her light ("glowing is not a real superpower"), she retreats into self-doubt, and her resplendence dims to a flicker. It takes nighttime evoking an unfamiliar fear the dark to show Nour that sharing her "superluminous" powers can help "light up" the world. De Haes weaves together a tender narrative about self-image with striking illustrations in a warm, gold-tinged palette. Ages 3 5.
