Everything sad is untrue : (a true story) / Daniel Nayeri.
At the front of a middle school classroom in Oklahoma, a boy named Khosrou (whom everyone called "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 he, his mother, and sister fled Iran in the middle of the night, stretching all the way back to family tales set in the jasmine-scented city of Isfahan, the palaces of semi-ancient kings, and even the land of stories. We bounce between a school bus of kids armed with paper clip missiles and spitballs, to the heroines and heroes of Khosrou's family's past, who ate pastries that made them weep, and touched carpets woven with precious gems. Like Scheherazade in a hostile classroom, author Daniel Nayeri weaves a tale of Khosrou trying to save his own life: to stake his claim to the truth. And it is (a strue story). It is Daniel's. -- Provided by bookflap.
Record details
- ISBN: 9781646140008 (hardcover)
- ISBN: 1646140001 (hardcover)
- Physical Description: 356 pages ; 22 cm
- Publisher: New York : Levine Querido, 2020.
- Copyright: 2020
Content descriptions
Target Audience Note: | 800L Lexile |
Study Program Information Note: | Accelerated Reader MG 5.3 13 13 509792 |
Awards Note: | Michael L. Printz award, 2021. |
Search for related items by subject
Subject: | Middle school boys > Oklahoma > Fiction. Immigrants > Iran > Fiction. Iranian American teenagers > Oklahoma > Fiction. Families > Iran > Fiction. Truthfulness and falsehood > Fiction. |
Genre: | Young adult fiction. Domestic fiction. |
Available copies
- 5 of 6 copies available at Lehigh Valley Library System.
Holds
- 0 current holds with 6 total copies.
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Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Status | Due Date |
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Allentown Public Library | YA NAYERI, DANIEL (Text) | 34455006798769 | YA Fiction | Available | - |
Bethlehem Coolidge Branch | jY (Text) | 33062009341950 | YA Fiction | Available | - |
Bethlehem Fountain Hill Satellite | jY (Text) | 33062009562415 | Juv Middle Reader | Available | - |
Bethlehem Main Library | jY (Text) | 33062009421406 | Juv Middle Reader | Available | - |
Easton Main Library | JUV NAYERI (Text) | 31901004462943 | Juv Fiction | Available | - |
Easton Palmer Branch | JUV NAYERI (Text) | 31901004485357 | Juv Fiction | Checked Out | 05/15/2024 |