Sunakali, a small Nepalese country girl, keeps goats with her friends in the Himalayas. But the girls have a secret passion—soccer! They play it every afternoon in the pastures. One day, a visitor from Katmandu asks to meet them. “I want to start a national women’s soccer team. I will...
| After working as a director of a network of radio and TV stations, Jennifer opened a bookstore. Her travels took her to Nepal where she met Sunakali and the Pakistani director of a documentary about Sunakali's soccer success. |
| The creator of many comic books, Nicolas illustrated the famous picture book series Kabul Disco. He has also created comic books about the people he met in a Nepalese refugee camp and has explored many aspects of the nation of Iran through his works. |
Wild's brightly colored, finely inked illustrations, done in a dynamic, comics-esque style, evoke Nepalese culture in this lightly fantastical portrayal of the Himalayan landscape...This biography is encouraging in its portrayal of a team that fought to improve.
—Publishers Weekly
