![]() ![]() To them he is a dark-skinned, hairy-armed boy with a big butt whose lunch smells funny who makes things up and talks about poop too much.But Khosrou's stories, stretching back years, and decades, and centuries, are beautiful, and terrifying, from the moment he, his mother, and sister fled Iran in the middle of the night, stretching all the way back to family tales set in the jasmine-scented city of Isfahan, the palaces of semi-ancient kings, and even the land of stories.We bounce between a school bus of kids armed with paper clip missiles and spitballs, to the heroines and heroes of Kosrou's family's past, who ate pastries that made them weep, and touched carpets woven with precious gems. The secret police kidnap and threaten her. Back in Iran, Mom joins the underground church but is soon found out. ![]() ![]() In her world, being a Christian could amount to a death sentence. To them he is a dark-skinned, hairy-armed boy with a big butt whose lunch smells funny who makes things up and. However, this is unthinkable for a pure-blood Sayyed like herself. At the front of a middle school classroom in Oklahoma, a boy named Khosrou (whom everyone calls 'Daniel') stands, trying to tell a story. Read Or Download Everything Sad Is Untrue: (a true story) By Daniel Nayeri Full Pages.Īt the front of a middle school classroom in Oklahoma, a boy named Khosrou (whom everyone calls "Daniel") stands, trying to tell a 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. Formerly a committed Muslim, she decides to convert to Christianity. ![]()
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