Everything sad is untrue: (a true story)
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Lexile measure:
800L
Rating:
800L
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More Details

Published:
Montclair : LQ/Levine Querido, 2020.
Format:
Book
Physical Desc:
356 pages ; 22 cm
Language:
English
ISBN:
9781646140008, 1646140001, 9781646140008
Accelerated Reader:
MG
Level 5.3, 13 Points
Lexile measure:
800

Notes

Description
"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 fields near the river Aras, where rain-soaked flowers bled red like the yolk of sunset burst over everything, and further back still to the Jasmine-scented city of Isfahan. 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 people weep and cry "Akh, Tamar!" and touched carpets woven with precious gems. 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)"--,Provided by publisher.
Target Audience
800L,Lexile

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APA Citation (style guide)

Nayeri, D. (2020). Everything sad is untrue: (a true story). Montclair, LQ/Levine Querido.

Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation (style guide)

Nayeri, Daniel. 2020. Everything Sad Is Untrue: (a True Story). Montclair, LQ/Levine Querido.

Chicago / Turabian - Humanities Citation (style guide)

Nayeri, Daniel, Everything Sad Is Untrue: (a True Story). Montclair, LQ/Levine Querido, 2020.

MLA Citation (style guide)

Nayeri, Daniel. Everything Sad Is Untrue: (a True Story). Montclair, LQ/Levine Querido, 2020.

Note! Citation formats are based on standards as of July 2022. Citations contain only title, author, edition, publisher, and year published. Citations should be used as a guideline and should be double checked for accuracy.

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