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At the front of a middle school classroom in Oklahoma, a boy named Khosrou (whom everyone calls "Daniel") stands, trying to tell a story. His story. But no one believes a word he says. To them he is a dark-skinned, hairy-armed boy with a big butt whose lunch smells funny; who makes things up and talks about poop too much. But Khosrou's stories, stretching back years, and decades, and centuries, are beautiful, and terrifying, from the moment his family fled Iran in the middle of the night with the secret police moments behind them, back to the sad, cement refugee camps of Italy...and further back to the fieldsnear the river Aras, where rain-soaked flowers bled red like the yolk of the sunset had burst over everything, and further back still to the jasmine-scented city of Isfahan. Like Scheherazade in a hostile classroom, Daniel weaves a tale to save his own life: to stake his claim to the truth. And it is (a true story).
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“A modern masterpiece…It’s for the kids at the lunch table; the heroes of tomorrow, just looking to survive the battle of adolescence.”
— New York Times
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“A story that soars. Readers will be transported.”
— Bulletin of the Center for Children’s Books (starred review) -
“At once beautiful and painful, this timely story is highly recommended for middle grade readers.”
— School Library Journal (starred review) -
“A remarkable work that raises the literary bar in children’s lit.”
— Booklist (starred review)
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#1 Amazon bestseller
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Finalist for the 2021 Reading the West Book Award
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A New York Times Notable Book of the Year
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A Wall Street Journal Best Books of the Year Pick
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An NPR Best Book of the Year
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A Publishers Weekly Best Books of the Year Selection
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A BookPage Best Book of 2020
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A Booklist Editors’ Choice
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An Amazon Editor’s Top Pick
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About Daniel Nayeri
Daniel Nayeri is the author of several books for young readers, including the highly acclaimed, multi-award-winning novel Everything Sad Is Untrue. He is the publisher of Odd Dot, an imprint of Macmillan Children’s Publishing Group, where he oversees a team of designers, editors, and inventors creating joyful books for curious minds. He was born in Iran and spent several years as a refugee before immigrating to Oklahoma at age eight with his family.