Moon at Nine
Deborah Ellis
Type:
Fiction
Categories:
Social Issues | People & Places | Places
Themes:
Homosexuality, Self-Esteem & Self-Reliance, Middle East
Language:
English
Publisher:
Grade Level:
8-12
Age Range:
13-19
Description
In 1988 Tehran, teenaged girls Farrin and Sadira are sentenced to death for homosexuality. Farrin prays that her wealthy family will be able to save them before it is too late. Based on a true story.
Based on interviews with a young woman forced to flee Iran because of her sexual orientation, Moon at Nine is a tense and riveting novel that shines a light on an issue of social injustice that continues to this day.
Fifteen-year-old Farrin has grown up with secrets: ten years after the overthrow of the Shah, her aristocratic mother is still working against Iran's conservative revolutionary government. But when Farrin befriends Sadira, the intriguing and outgoing new student at her school for gifted girls, her own new secret is even more dangerous. Because the girls discover their relationship is more than just a friendship—and in Iran, being gay is punishable by death.
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Canadian Children's Book Centre Best Books for Kids & Teens Starred SelectionCommended
SYRCA Snow Willow AwardShort-listed
Amelia Bloomer Project List selectionCommended
Manitoba Young Readers’ Choice Award nomineeShort-listed
BC Teen Readers’ Choice Stellar AwardShort-listed
Cooperative Children’s Book Center ChoiceCommended
Ruth & Sylvia Schwartz Children’s Book AwardShort-listed
Bank Street Best Book selectionCommended
Quill & Quire Book of the YearCommended
OLA Best Bet selectionCommended
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