Review of the Day: The Many Assassinations of Samir, the Seller of Dreams by Daniel Nayeri, ill. Daniel Miyares

The Many Assassinations of Samir, the Seller of Dreams
By Daniel Nayeri
Illustrated by Daniel Miyares
$21.99
ISBN: 9781646143030
Ages 10 and up
On shelves March 7th

Come over here. I want to walk you through a first sentence.

You know, they often say that the first sentence of a book should really be a doozy and grab the reader’s attention, but most of the time authors sort of dash it off. They prefer to make the first page or the first chapter momentous and memorable, and I understand the ins...