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1) Dead flip
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Pub. Date
2022.
Edition
First edition.
Language
English
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"Eighteen-year-olds Cori and Maz, once inseparable best friends, reunite to solve the mystery of what happened to their other friend Sam--who disappeared five years ago and has now returned, not having aged at all"--
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Language
English
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Daria Esfandyar is an Iranian American fiercely proud of her heritage. She and her friends call themselves the Authentics, because they pride themselves on always keeping it real. But in the course of researching a school project, Daria learns something shocking about her past, which launches her on a journey of self-discovery. Suddenly, it seems everyone is keeping secrets, and it's getting harder to know who she even is any longer. With infighting...
Author
Pub. Date
2023.
Edition
First edition.
Language
English
Description
In the aftermath of 9/11, high school sophomore Omid grapples with finding the right words to connect with his grandfather, embracing his Iranian heritage, and expressing his feelings towards a girl, until he immerses himself in the rhymes and rhythms of rap music and finds his voice.
Author
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
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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
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
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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...
Author
Pub. Date
2022.
Edition
First edition.
Language
English
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Description
After lying on her college admissions, seventeen-year-old Jasmine needs to win her senior class election, but the Iran Hostage Crisis explodes across the nightly news and her opponent begins to stir up anti-Iranian hysteria at school causing Jasmine to reconcile with her identity in way she never has before.
Author
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
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All Together Now - Summer Reading Teen Reads
MCL - Asian/Pacific American Award for Literature
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MCL - Asian/Pacific American Award for Literature
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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.
13) Perfectly Parvin
Author
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Description
"After being dumped at the beginning of freshman year, Iranian-American Parvin Mohammadi sets out to win the ultimate date to Homecoming"--Provided by publisher.
Author
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
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Description
Fleeing to Rome in the wake of coming out to his Muslim family, a failed relationship, and blackmail, eighteen-year-old Amir Azadi embarks on a more authentic life with new friends and dates in the Sistine Chapel before an encounter with a U.S. Customs officer places his hard-won freedom at risk.
15) Azar on fire
Author
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Description
"Fourteen-year-old Azar Rossi sets out to find her voice and win her local Battle of the Bands contest"--
16) Wave
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Language
English
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When her best friend's cancer returns in the summer of 1987, none of her usual pursuits--surfing, singing, or reading poetry--can keep thirteen-year-old Ava afloat.
Author
Pub. Date
2018.
Edition
First edition.
Language
English
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Description
Rashin is an Iranian immigrant girl living in New York, excited by her first trip to Coney Island, and fascinated by the differences in the beach customs between her native Iran and her new home--but she misses the saffron flavored ice cream that she used to eat.
20) Down and across
Author
Pub. Date
2018.
Language
English
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Description
His friends know what they want to do with the rest of their lives, but Scott Ferdowsi can hardly commit to a breakfast cereal, let alone a passion. With his parents pushing him to settle on a "practical" career, Scott sneaks off to Washington, DC, seeking guidance from a famous psychologist who claims to know the secret to success. He meets Fiora Buchanan, a ballsy college student whose life ambition is to write crossword puzzles. Now Scott is sneaking...
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