Everything sad is untrue : (a true story) /

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 a word he says. To them he is a dark-skinned, hairy-armed boy with a big butt whose lunch smells funny, who makes things...

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Main Author: Nayeri, Daniel (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Montclair, New Jersey : Levine Querido, [2020]
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650 0 |a Iranian American teenagers  |z Oklahoma  |v Juvenile fiction. 
650 0 |a Truthfulness and falsehood  |v Juvenile fiction. 
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