Notes
Teen coming of age/coming out novel set in Tehran. Winner of the 2014 Lambda Literary Award for LGBT Children's/YA books. review
Description
In Iran, where homosexuality is punishable by death, seventeen-year-olds Sahar and Nasrin love each other in secret until Nasrin's parents announce their daughter's arranged marriage and Sahar proposes a drastic solution.
Collection
Call number
Y FAR
Genres
Awards
Lambda Literary Award (Finalist — Children's/Young Adult — 2014)
Publishing Triangle Awards (Finalist — 2014)
Lincoln Award: Illinois Teen Readers' Choice Award (Nominee — 2016)
ALA Rainbow Book List (Selection — Teen Fiction — 2014)
Best Fiction for Young Adults (Selection — 2014)
CCBC Choices (2014)
Chicago Public Library Best of the Best: Teens (Fiction — 2013)
Amazing Audiobooks for Young Adults (Top Ten — 2014)
Publication
Chapel Hill, N.C. : Algonquin, 2014, c2013
Physical description
248 p.; 18 cm