Publication date: April 1, 2014
Publisher: Pajama Press
Pages: 224
Genre: Realistic Fiction
Audience: Young Adult
Disclosure: Finished copy provided by the publisher
Goodreads summary:
Fifteen-year-old Farrin has many secrets. Although she goes to a school for gifted girls in Tehran, as the daughter of an aristocratic mother and wealthy father, Farrin must keep a low profile. It is 1988; ever since the Shah was overthrown, the deeply conservative and religious government controls every facet of life in Iran. If the Revolutionary Guard finds out about her mother’s Bring Back the Shah activities, her family could be thrown in jail, or worse.
The day she meets Sadira, Farrin’s life changes forever. Sadira is funny, wise, and outgoing; the two girls become inseparable. But as their friendship deepens into romance, the relationship takes a dangerous turn. It is against the law to be gay in Iran; the punishment is death. Despite their efforts to keep their love secret, the girls are discovered and arrested. Separated from Sadira, Farrin can only pray as she awaits execution. Will her family find a way to save them both?
Based on real-life events, multi-award winning author Deborah Ellis’s new book is a tense and riveting story about a world where homosexuality is considered so abhorrent that it is punishable by death.
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Funny how a book I've never seen before will show up on several blogs in the same day. And you know what then happens: I need to read it right now, LOL.
ReplyDeleteI would like to read this book because I enjoy reading about friendships that evolve and its based on a real life events.
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