A Little Something Graphic

Satrapi, Marjane. Persepolis.
New York: Pantheon, 2003. Print.

We all wonder what it would be like to grow up in a different country or culture. We have romanticized ideas about how our lives would be so different and how we would want and worry for completely different things.

After reading Persepolis, you might be surprised to find out that growing up a teen in Iran in the 1980s is not quite so different as growing up in the US. Family, friends, school, fashion, grades - sound familiar? Take a trip to Iran and find out how alike we all are, no matter where we are.













Abstract (thanks to OCLC World Cat): "Persepolis is the story of Marjane Satrapi's childhood and coming of age within a large and loving family in Tehran during the Islamic Revolution; of the contradictions between private life and public life in a country plagued by political upheaval; of her high school years in Vienna facing the trials of adolescence far from her family; of her homecoming--both sweet and terrible; and, finally, of her self-imposed exile from her beloved homeland."

Winner: 2004 ALA Alex Award, YALSA Best Books for Young Adults, Booklist Editor's Choice for Young Adults, New York Public Library Books for the Teen Age, School Library Journal Adult Books for Young Adults

OCLC World Cat Record - Holdings, Abstracts, Further Info