Everything Sad Is Untrue: (a true story) [Hardcover]

Winner of the Michael L. Printz Award
Christopher Award Winner
Middle East Book Award Winner
National Indie Bestseller
NPR Best Book of the Year
New York TimesBest of the Year
Amazon Best of the Year
BooklistEditors' Choice
BookPageBest of the Year
NECBA Windows & Mirrors Selection
Publishers WeeklyBest of the Year
Wall Street JournalBest of the Year
Today.com Best of the Year
Walter Awards Honor Book

A modern masterpiece. —The New York Times Book Review

Supple, sparkling and original. —The Wall Street Journal

Mesmerizing. —TODAY.com

This book could change the world. —BookPage

Like nothing else you've read or ever will read. —Linda Sue Park

It hooks you right from the opening line. —NPR

SEVEN STARRED REVIEWS

* A modern epic. —Kirkus Reviews, starred review

* A rare treasure of a book. —Publishers Weekly, starred review

* A story that soars. —The Bulletin, starred review

* At once beautiful and painful. —School Library Journal, starred review

* Raises the literary bar in children's lit. —Booklist, starred review

* Poignant and powerful. —Foreword Reviews, starred review

* One of the most extraordinary books of the year. —BookPage, starred review

A sprawling, evocative, and groundbreaking autobiographical novel told in the unforgettable and hilarious voice of a young Iranian refugee. It is a powerfully layered novel that poses the questions: Who owns the truth? Who speaks it? Who believes it?

A patchwork story is the shame of the refugee, Nayeri writes early in the novel. In an Oklahoman middle school, Khosrou (whom everyone calls Daniel) stands in front of a skeptical audience of classmates, telling the tales of his family's history, stretching back years, decades, and centurló1