Everything Sad Is Untrue a True Story

Daniel Nayeri is an Iranian American author whose memoir Everything Sad Is Untrue (a true story) (2020) won the Michael L. Printz Award in 2021 and the Carnegie Medal. The book is told from the perspective of a young Iranian refugee named Khosrou (or Daniel) in an Oklahoma middle school classroom, who shares his family's story of fleeing persecution in Iran. Read more →