Everything Sad Is Untrue: (A True Story)

"This book hooks you with the opening line – “All Persians are liars and lying is a sin” – and takes you on a journey through myth, youth and cultural clash as a young boy and his family flee Iran and end up in Oklahoma. It’s a version of the author’s own life. The circuitous structure puts you inside the narrator’s mind as he navigates indignities at every turn. Oh – and it’s infused with big love, delicious food and snort-inducing laughs. (For ages 10 and up)"