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Reviewed on August 18, 2023 | YA - High School
Gr 9 Up—This complex book spans three generations and 80 years of an Iranian family whose story is told in three voices and lengthy chapters. Moud—whose story is told in the year 2019, initially in Los Angeles—is a gay Iranian American teenager who has a boyfriend. His mother is dead, his father quiet and withdrawn, and he is afraid to tell his father about his sexuality. Moud's father Saeed's story takes place in 1978 where his participation in a demonstration in Tehran puts his life in danger, so hi...Log In or Sign Up to Read More