Iranian/Iranian American
A Very Large Expanse of Sea
Age 13 or older
Themes: Cross-Group Dating, Discrimination: Religious, Family Relationship: Parents, Generation: 1st, Multiracial Identity, Own Voices/Lived Experience, Religious Background: Muslim
Americanized: Rebel Without a Green Card
Age 15 or older
Themes: Citizenship, Family Relationship: Parents, Family Relationship: Siblings, Immigrant: Undocumented
An Emotion of Great Delight
Age 13 or older
Themes: Death of Family or Friend, Discrimination: Cultural, Discrimination: Racial, Discrimination: Religious, Family Relationship: Parents, Generation: 1st, Own Voices/Lived Experience
Come on In
Age 12 or older
Themes: Anthology, Discrimination: Racial, Family Relationship: Grandparents, Family Relationship: Parents, Generational Differences: Language, Immigrant: Economic, Multiracial Identity, Own Voices/Lived Experience, Religious Background: Muslim, Visiting Home Country
Darius the Great Deserves Better
Age 12 or older
Themes: Family Relationship: Grandparents, Family Relationship: Parents, Generation: 2nd, LGBTQIA+, Multiracial Identity, Own Voices/Lived Experience
Darius the Great Is Not Okay
Age 12 or older
Themes: Cross-Group Friendship, Generation: 1st, LGBTQIA+, Multiracial Identity, Own Voices/Lived Experience, Visiting Home Country
Everything Sad is Untrue
Age 10 or older
Themes: Discrimination: Cultural, Discrimination: Racial, Own Voices/Lived Experience, Refugee Camp, Refugee Journey, Refugee: Persecution, Religious Background: Muslim
Finding Kurdistan: A Kurdish Iranian American’s Journey Home
Age 16 or older
Themes: Family Relationship: Parents, Generation: 1st, Own Voices/Lived Experience, Refugee: Persecution, Refugee: War/Conflict, Visiting Home Country
Here to Stay
Age 12 or older
Themes: Cross-Group Friendship, Discrimination: Racial, Family Relationship: Parents, Generation: 1st, Generation: 2nd, Own Voices/Lived Experience
How It All Blew Up
Age 14 or older
Themes: Cross-Group Dating, Detention, Discrimination: Cultural, Discrimination: Religious, Family Relationship: Parents, Generational Differences: Dating, LGBTQIA+, Own Voices/Lived Experience, Religious Background: Muslim
It Ain’t So Awful, Falafel
Age 09 or older
Themes: Bilingual Character, Discrimination: Cultural, Discrimination: Racial, Education & Literacy, Family Relationship: Parents
Lailah’s Lunchbox
Age 06 or older
Themes: Celebration & Commemoration, Religious Background: Muslim, Welcoming by Individual
Like a Love Story
Age 14 or older
Themes: Allyship, Cross-Group Dating, Discrimination: Cultural, Family Relationship: Parents, Family Relationship: Siblings, Generational Differences: Dating, Immigrant: Economic, Immigrant: Education, LGBTQIA+, The Arts
Lost Boys
Age 10 or older
Themes: Child Soldiers, Death of Family or Friend, Family Separation: By Detention, Loss of Childhood
My Grandma and Me
Age 04 or older
Themes: Cross-Group Friendship, Family Relationship: Grandparents, Religious Background: Muslim
Mystery Bottle
Age 03 or older
Themes: Celebration & Commemoration, Family Relationship: Grandparents, Family Separation: Living with Other Family or Friends, Fantasy & Folklore, Generation: 2nd
Navid’s Story
Age 05 or older
Themes: Family Separation: On Journey, Refugee Journey, Refugee: Persecution
Perfectly Parvin
Age 12 or older
Themes: Award Winner, Award Winner: Youth Media Awards 2022, Cross-Group Dating, Cross-Group Friendship, LGBTQIA+, Multiracial Identity, Own Voices/Lived Experience
The Shape of Home
Age 05 or older
Themes: Education & Literacy, Food & Culture, Own Voices/Lived Experience, Religious Background: Muslim, Welcoming by Individual, Welcoming by School, Welcoming Library Selection
The Waiting Place: When Home is Lost and a New One Not Yet Found
Age 12 or older
Themes: Loss of Childhood, Own Voices/Lived Experience, Refugee Camp