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2014.
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English
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Asian American, Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islander Heritage - More Young Adults
Pride Month - Young Adults
Women's History Month - Young Adults
Pride Month - Young Adults
Women's History Month - Young Adults
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High school junior Leila's Persian heritage already makes her different from her classmates at Armstead Academy, and if word got out that she liked girls life would be twice as hard, but when a new girl, Saskia, shows up, Leila starts to take risks she never thought she would, especially when it looks as if the attraction between them is mutual, so she struggles to sort out her growing feelings by confiding in her old friends.
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Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
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Asian American, Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander Heritage - More Children
Middle East Book Award - Picture Book
Middle East Book Award - Picture Book
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After accidentally ruining his family's haft-seen, a display of seven traditional items to bring luck in the Persian New Year, young Kian finds seven unusual items to replace them. Includes facts about Nowruz.
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Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
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"A newly sober, orphaned son of Iranian immigrants, guided by the voices of artists, poets, and kings, embarks on a search that leads him to a terminally ill painter living out her final days in the Brooklyn Museum"-- Cyrus Shams is a young man grappling with an inheritance of violence and loss: his mother's plane was shot down over the skies of the Persian Gulf in a senseless accident; and his father's life in America was circumscribed by his work...
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Series
Darius the Great volume 1
Language
English
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Asian American, Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islander Heritage - More Young Adults
Mental Health Awareness - Young Adults
Middle East Book Award - Youth Chapter & Nonfiction
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Mental Health Awareness - Young Adults
Middle East Book Award - Youth Chapter & Nonfiction
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Clinically-depressed Darius Kellner, a high school sophomore, travels to Iran to meet his grandparents, but it is their next-door neighbor, Sohrab, who changes his life.
Author
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
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Asian American, Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islander Heritage - Young Adults
Pride Month - Young Adults
Pride Month - Young Adults
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Set in 1996 southern California, high school senior Rana Joon wants to honor her deceased best friend by entering a rap contest and living authentically as a lesbian, but feels conflicted by her Iranian family's expectations.
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Pub. Date
1999.
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English
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A recent immigrant from the Middle East--a former colonel in the Iranian Air Force--yearns to restore his family's dignity in California. A recovering alcoholic and addict down on her luck struggles to hold onto the one thing she has left-her home. And her lover, a married cop, is driven to extremes to win her love. Andre Dubus III's unforgettable characters--people with ordinary flaws, looking for a small piece of ground to stand on--careen toward...
8) Azar on fire
Author
Series
Perfectly Parvin volume 2
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
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Asian American, Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islander Heritage - Young Adults
Back to School - Young Adult
Back to School - Young Adult
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"Fourteen-year-old Azar Rossi sets out to find her voice and win her local Battle of the Bands contest"--
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Language
English
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Arab American Heritage Month - Young Adults
Asian American, Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islander Heritage - More Young Adults
Mental Health Awareness - Young Adults
Tayshas List 2023 (Gr. 9+)
Asian American, Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islander Heritage - More Young Adults
Mental Health Awareness - Young Adults
Tayshas List 2023 (Gr. 9+)
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"It's 2003, several months since the US officially declared war on Iraq, and the American political world has evolved. Tensions are high, hate crimes are on the rise, FBI agents are infiltrating local mosques, and the Muslim community is harassed and targeted more than ever. Shadi, who wears hijab, keeps her head down. She's too busy drowning in her own troubles to find the time to deal with bigots. Shadi is named for joy, but she's haunted by sorrow....
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Pub. Date
[2023]
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English
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"The youngest of three brothers, K just wants to be an all-American boy-shooting hoops with his buddies and riding his Huffy around the San Fernando Valley. But K understands there's something different about himself, a longing that draws him closer to his friends while making him feel more and more alienated. At home, K must navigate another confusing identity: that of the faithful son of Iranian immigrants struggling to survive in the United States....
12) Down and across
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Pub. Date
2018.
Language
English
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"Sixteen-year-old Scott Ferdowsi's impromptu trip to a famous professor for advice about success turns into a summer of freedom that brings him answers in unexpected places"--
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Language
English
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"Twelve months after her younger sister Anahita's death, Mitra Jahani reluctantly returns to her parents' home in suburban New Jersey to observe the Iranian custom of "The One Year." Ana is always in Mitra's heart, though they chose very different paths. While Ana, sweet and dutiful, bowed to their domineering father's demands and married, Mitra rebelled, and was banished. Caught in the middle is their mother, Shireen, torn between her fierce love...
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Pub. Date
2009.
Language
English
Description
In the New York Times bestselling memoir Funny in Farsi, Firoozeh Dumas recounted her adventures growing up Iranian American in Southern California. Now she again mines her rich Persian heritage in Laughing Without an Accent, sharing stories both tender and humorous on being a citizen of the world, on her well-meaning family, and on amusing cultural conundrums, all told with insights into the universality of the human condition.
Author
Language
English
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Asian American, Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islander Heritage - More Young Adults
Staff Picks 2021-2022
Women's History Month - Young Adults
Staff Picks 2021-2022
Women's History Month - Young Adults
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In San Jose, California, in the 1990s, teenaged Sara keeps a diary of life as an Iranian American and her discovery that she and her family entered as undocumented immigrants.
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Language
English
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As far back as she can remember, Azadeh Moaveni has felt at odds with her tangled identity as an Iranian-American. In suburban America, Azadeh lived in two worlds. At home, she was the daughter of the Iranian exile community, serving tea, clinging to tradition, and dreaming of Tehran. Outside, she was a California girl who practiced yoga and listened to Madonna. For years, she ignored the tense standoff between her two cultures. But college magnified...
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English
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ALA Youth Media Awards 2024 - Young Adults
Asian American, Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islander Heritage - Young Adults
Hispanic Heritage Month - Young Adults
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Asian American, Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islander Heritage - Young Adults
Hispanic Heritage Month - Young Adults
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"2019. Moud is an out gay teen living in Los Angeles with his distant father, Saeed. When Moud gets the news that his grandfather in Iran is dying, he accompanies his dad to Tehran, where the revelation of family secrets will force Moud into a new understanding of his history, his culture, and himself. 1978. Saeed is an engineering student with a promising future ahead of him in Tehran. But when his parents discover his involvement in the country's...
18) The tryout
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Series
Tryout volume 1
Language
English
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Asian American, Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islander Heritage - Tweens
Little Maverick Graphic Novels 2023 (Gr. K-5)
Spirit of Texas (SPOT) Reading List 2025
Summer Reading List ALSC 2023 Gr. 3-5
Little Maverick Graphic Novels 2023 (Gr. K-5)
Spirit of Texas (SPOT) Reading List 2025
Summer Reading List ALSC 2023 Gr. 3-5
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As one of the only Asian Americans in her school, Christina confronts both well-meaning ignorance and cruel racism, but in middle school, fitting in is important, which is why she and her best friend Megan are both excited and nervous to try out for the popular cheerleading squad.
Author
Pub. Date
[2024]
Language
English
Description
"Farzan Alavi may be looking for love, but after another disastrous break-up, he decides it's time to (temporarily) throw in the towel. He plans to drown his sorrows at Kansas City's newest winery. Only instead of spending a lonely night at the bar, he's escorted to a table for one. There, the hot sommelier more than treats him like a VIP: the way he flirts with Farzan ignites a lust he didn't think was possible. Only David Curtis isn't flirting because...
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