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I read this one to my 10-year-old son. I was just a couple of years younger than he is now during the Iran Hostage Crisis, the time period for this middle grade historical fiction, and found this book as interesting as he did. This story of an Iranian middle school student living in California in the 70s is a perfect balance of serious, important themes and laugh-out-loud funny moments and imagery. I plan to give this one to my 14-year-old to also read and to get at least one of the two document
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