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Australian Book Retailer of the Year 2021
Dina Nayeri
The prizewinning author of The Ungrateful Refugee asks who is believed in our society, who is not - and why?
Dina Nayeri's wide-ranging, groundbreaking new book combines deep reportage with…
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"Infused with empathy and understanding. . . . This is a book to be read and discussed." -School Library Connection (starred review)
In 2018, Dina Nayeri-a former refugee and the…
Here are the human stories of what it’s like to journey across borders in the hope of starting afresh.
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If you loved A Thousand Splendid Suns, you’ll sink into this spellbinding story of an Iranian girl who, separated from her mother and twin sister during the turmoil following the…
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Dina Nayeri’s powerful writing confronts issues that are key to the refugee experience. -Viet Thanh Nguyen
From the author of The Ungrateful Refugee-finalist for the Los Angeles Times Book Prize…
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Twin Iranian sisters, who have been dreaming of America, are inexplicably separated. Saba pines for her missing sister and begins to imagine that she has made it to the U.S…
The heart-warming and uplifting novel about an Iranian girl who, separated from her mother and twin sister during the turmoil following the Iranian Revolution, invents a rich, imaginative world in…
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A timely, deeply moving novel about the contemporary refugee experience, told through the lens of a father and daughter separated by immigration.
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Fascinated with America, young Saba Hafezi of 1980s Iran becomes convinced that her suddenly missing mother and twin sister have departed for America without her, a situation that compels her…
In her first work of nonfiction, winner of the 2018 UNESCO City of Literature Paul Engle Prize Dina Nayeri–an author whose exploration of the exile’s predicament is tender and urgent…
‘I knew this from the beginning, when I was inside the lorry, thinking about truth. If you are a good storyteller you will be trusted, get a life, and escape…
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A timely, provocative and personal examination of the refugee experience.
‘Who Gets Believed? is an important, courageous, brilliant book; an interrogation of disbelief culture and the injustice that both fuels it and is fuelled by it, a form-shifting memoir of…
Daniel Nayeri
Written entirely on an iPhone, this quartet of novellas showcases four different genres. These modern riffs on classic genres will introduce young adult readers to a broad range of writing…
WINNER, MICHAEL L. PRINTZ AWARD
WINNER, CHRISTOPHER AWARD
WINNER, MIDDLE EAST BOOK AWARD
WALTER AWARD HONOR
National Bestseller
NPR Best of the Year
New York Times Best of the Year
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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…
Twelve-year-old Iranian refugee Khosrou moves to Oklahoma where he goes by Daniel and models himself after the legendary storyteller Scheherazade as he weaves tales that reflect his perseverance and reinvention.
Why are honest asylum seekers dismissed as liars? Former refugee and award-winning author Dina Nayeri begins with this question, turning to shocking and illuminating case studies in this book, which…
NEWBERY HONOR AWARD WINNER
BEST OF THE YEAR: NPR - Booklist - School Library Journal - Chicago Public Library - Evanston Public Library - Kirkus - Wall Street Journal
The…
Every war, famine, and flood spits out survivors.
The Waiting Place is an unflinching look at ten young lives suspended outside of time - and bravely proceeding anyway. Each lyrical…
Sasha and Puck must reverse Papa’s potion-and get their home back!
Sasha’s father sells magic potions, but the potions don’t work. Can Sasha find a way to make the magic happen? When local chocolate maker Ms. Kozlow comes to the Juicy…
Sasha’s father sells magic potions, but the potions don’t work. Can Sasha find a way to make the magic happen? When Basil Gentry asks for a cordial cordial, Sasha thinks…
Sasha’s father sells magic potions, but the potions don’t work. Can Sasha find a way to make the magic happen? The dashing knight Latouche wants to compete in a tournament…
Christy Lefteri,Dina Nayeri,Simon Smith
The fourth volume of Refugee Tales shares the stories of those who have fled desperate situations in their home countries with the hope of finding protection that they’ve been swiftly…
