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Can I read Everything Sad Is Untrue : (a True Story) on EtoBox?
Everything Sad Is Untrue : (a True Story) by Daniel Nayeri is a children's book available to read on EtoBox.
What is Everything Sad Is Untrue : (a True Story) about?
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 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.
Who reads Everything Sad Is Untrue : (a True Story)?
It is typically read by young readers, and the parents and educators who guide them.
Common subject areas: juvenile, young adult.
- Author
- Daniel Nayeri
- Publisher
- Levine Querido Distributed by Chronicle Books LLC
- Published
- 2020
- Language
- EN
- ISBN
- 9781646140008
- Category
- children's
- Subjects
- Fiction, Children'S, Literary Fiction
- Rating
- 4.6 / 5 (2,398 ratings)
- Updated
- 2026-03-14
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