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2014.
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English
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Asian Pacific American Heritage - 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.
Author
Series
Darius the Great volume 1
Language
English
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Asian Pacific American Heritage - Young Adults
Mental Health Awareness - Young Adults
Middle East Book Award - Youth Chapter & Nonfiction
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Mental Health Awareness - Young Adults
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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.
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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
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Series
Perfectly Parvin volume 2
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
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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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English
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Arab American Heritage Month - Young Adults
Asian Pacific American Heritage - Young Adults
Mental Health Awareness - Young Adults
Tayshas List 2023 (Gr. 9+)
Asian Pacific American Heritage - 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....
11) 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"--
Author
Language
English
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Asian Pacific American Heritage - Young Adults
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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.
14) Once there was
Author
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
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ALA Youth Media Awards 2024 - Children
ALA Youth Media Awards 2024 - Young Adults
Asian Pacific American Heritage - Tweens
ALA Youth Media Awards 2024 - Young Adults
Asian Pacific American Heritage - Tweens
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When fifteen-year-old Iranian American Marjan discovers her murdered father was secretly a veterinarian to magical creatures, she realizes she must take up his mantle, despite the many dangers.
Author
Series
Darius the Great volume 2
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
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"Darius Kellner has everything he thought he wanted--a new boyfriend, a new internship, and a spot on the soccer team--but growing up makes him question everything."--
17) A simple wedding
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
Description
Nousha, a young Iranian-American attorney, has a great job, supportive friends, and a comfortable life. Yet she is unable to please her conservative Persian parents. So when Nousha falls for the charming but unorthodox Alex, it brings instant chaos into her traditional family life, leading to a wedding that will be anything but simple.
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Pub. Date
[2016]
Language
English
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4th Grade Rocks
Asian Pacific American Heritage - Tweens
Middle East Book Award - Youth Chapter & Nonfiction
Asian Pacific American Heritage - Tweens
Middle East Book Award - Youth Chapter & Nonfiction
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"Eleven-year-old Zomorod, originally from Iran, tells her story of growing up Iranian in Southern California during the Iranian Revolution and hostage crisis of the late 1970s"--
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Series
Khourdi trilogy volume 3
Pub. Date
2017.
Language
English
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"Laguna Beach, California, 2009. Alireza Courdee, a fourteen-year-old straight-A student and chemistry whiz, takes his first hit of pot. In as long as it takes to inhale and exhale, he is transformed from the high-achieving son of Iranian immigrants into a happy-go-lucky stoner. He loses his virginity, takes up surfing, and sneaks away to all-night raves. For the first time, Reza--now Rez--feels like an American teen. Life is smooth; even lying to...
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