Persian/Persian American
An Impossible Thing to Say
Age 13 or older
Themes: Accolades & Awards, Accolades & Awards: Starred Review, Arts, Cross-Group Dating, Cross-Group Friendship, Cultural Empowerment, Cultural Empowerment & Joy: Family, Cultural Empowerment & Joy: Identity, Discrimination: Microaggression, Discrimination: Racial, Family Relationship: Grandparents, Family Relationship: Parents, Format: Novel In Verse, Generation: 1st, Generational Differences, Identity: Multilingual, Multilingual: Farsi Featured Words, Own Voices/Lived Experience
An Invisible River to Cross
Age 04 or older
Themes: Arts, Cross-Group Friendship, Cultural Empowerment, Cultural Empowerment & Joy: Identity, Education & Literacy, Family Relationship: Grandparents, Family Relationship: Parents, Identity: Multilingual, Own Voices/Lived Experience, Welcoming by Individual, Welcoming by School
Baba’s Gift: A Persian Father’s Love of Family
Age 04 or older
Themes: Cultural Empowerment & Joy: Identity, Cultural Empowerment & Joy: Storytelling, Family Relationship: Parents, Immigrant: Education, Own Voices/Lived Experience
Celebrate Nowruz!: A Persian New Year Holiday to Honor Spring
Age 04 or older
Themes: Celebrations, Celebrations: Nowruz, Cultural Empowerment, Cultural Empowerment & Joy: Celebrations & Traditions, Cultural Empowerment & Joy: Family, Cultural Empowerment & Joy: Food, Cultural Empowerment & Joy: Identity, Cultural Empowerment & Joy: Storytelling, Family Relationship: Grandparents, Family Relationship: Parents, Generation: 2nd, Identity: Multilingual, Multilingual: Farsi Featured Words, Own Voices/Lived Experience, Religious Background: Zoroastrian
Darius the Great Deserves Better
Age 12 or older
Themes: Accolades & Awards: Starred Review, Family Relationship: Grandparents, Family Relationship: Parents, Format: Audiobook, Generation: 2nd, Identity: Multiracial, LGBTQIA+, Own Voices/Lived Experience
Dear New Friend
Age 04 or older
Themes: Arts, Cross-Group Friendship, Cultural Empowerment, Cultural Empowerment & Joy: Celebrations & Traditions, Cultural Empowerment & Joy: Family, Cultural Empowerment & Joy: Food, Cultural Empowerment & Joy: Identity, Generation: 2nd, Own Voices/Lived Experience, Welcoming by Individual
Farrah Noorzad and the Realm of Nightmares (Farrah Noorzad #2)
Age 08 or older
Themes: Cultural Empowerment, Cultural Empowerment & Joy: Celebrations & Traditions, Cultural Empowerment & Joy: Identity, Cultural Empowerment & Joy: Storytelling, Family Relationship: Parents, Family Relationship: Siblings, Format: Audiobook, Genre: Fantasy & Folklore, Own Voices/Lived Experience, Religious Background: Muslim
How It All Blew Up
Age 14 or older
Themes: Accolades & Awards: Starred Review, Cross-Group Dating, Detention & Deportation, Discrimination: Cultural, Discrimination: Religious, Family Relationship: Parents, Format: Audiobook, Generational Differences: Dating, LGBTQIA+, Own Voices/Lived Experience, Religious Background: Muslim
I’ll Pretend You’re Mine
Age 13 or older
Themes: Arts, Cross-Group Dating, Discrimination: Gender and Sexual, Discrimination: Microaggression, Discrimination: Racial, Family Relationship: Parents, Format: Audiobook, Identity: Exploration, Identity: Multiracial, LGBTQIA+, Mental Health
Laleh and the Language of the Birds
Age 09 or older
Themes: Activism, Animals, Cultural Empowerment, Cultural Empowerment & Joy: Family, Cultural Empowerment & Joy: Identity, Cultural Empowerment & Joy: Storytelling, Family Relationship: Extended, Family Relationship: Parents, Generation: 1st, Genre: Fantasy & Folklore, Identity: Exploration, Own Voices/Lived Experience, Trauma & Healing, Trauma & Healing: Death of Family or Friend
Love Times Infinity
Age 14 or older
Themes: Coming of Age, Cross-Group Dating, Family Relationship: Grandparents, Family Relationship: Parents, Format: Audiobook, Identity: Exploration, Identity: Multiracial, Mental Health, Own Voices/Lived Experience, Trauma & Healing, Trauma & Healing: Intergenerational, Trauma & Healing: Sexual Assault
Memory Garden
Age 04 or older
Themes: Accolades & Awards, Accolades & Awards: Starred Review, Cultural Empowerment, Cultural Empowerment & Joy: Family, Cultural Empowerment & Joy: Storytelling, Family Relationship: Grandparents, Generation: 2nd, Outdoor Exploration, Own Voices/Lived Experience
Ollie In Between
Age 10 or older
Themes: Accolades & Awards, Accolades & Awards: Starred Review, Accolades & Awards: Youth Media Awards, Coming of Age, Discrimination: Gender and Sexual, Family Relationship: Parents, Family Relationship: Siblings, Format: Audiobook, Identity: Body Image, Identity: Exploration, Identity: Multiracial, LGBTQIA+, Mental Health, Sports
Opportunity Knocks
Age 08 or older
Themes: Arts, Family Relationship: Parents, Family Relationship: Siblings, Genre: Fantasy & Folklore
Say My Name
Age 04 or older
Themes: Accolades & Awards: Starred Review, Cultural Empowerment & Joy: Identity, Identity: Names & Pronunciations, Own Voices/Lived Experience
Seven Special Somethings: A Nowruz Story
Age 04 or older
Themes: Accolades & Awards: Starred Review, Celebrations, Cultural Empowerment & Joy: Food, Family Relationship: Parents, Format: Audiobook, Own Voices/Lived Experience
Sugar in Milk
Age 04 or older
Themes: Accolades & Awards: Starred Review, Celebrations, Genre: Historical, Immigrant: Education, Own Voices/Lived Experience
Tell Me How You Really Feel
Age 13 or older
Themes: Accolades & Awards: Starred Review, Arts, Cross-Group Dating, Format: Audiobook, Identity: Multiracial, LGBTQIA+, Own Voices/Lived Experience
The ABCs of Persian Food
Age 03 or older
Themes: Cultural Empowerment, Cultural Empowerment & Joy: Food, Early Childhood, Education & Literacy, Multilingual: Farsi Featured Words, Own Voices/Lived Experience
The Glade
Age 09 or older
Themes: Cross-Group Friendship, Family Relationship: Parents, Generation: 1st, Genre: Horror, Genre: Thriller, Identity: Multiracial, LGBTQIA+, Own Voices/Lived Experience
The Last Pomegranate
Age 05 or older
Themes: Allegory, Animals, Celebrations, Celebrations: Yalda, Community Action, Cultural Empowerment, Cultural Empowerment & Joy: Celebrations & Traditions, Cultural Empowerment & Joy: Family, Cultural Empowerment & Joy: Food, Genre: Fantasy & Folklore, Setting: Home Country
Wave: A Novel in Verse
Age 10 or older
Themes: Accolades & Awards, Coming of Age, Cross-Group Friendship, Diverse Abilities: Neurological, Family Relationship: Parents, Format: Novel In Verse, Generation: 1st, Generational Differences, Identity: Exploration, Mental Health, Outdoor Exploration, Own Voices/Lived Experience, Sports, Trauma & Healing, Trauma & Healing: Illness