Iranianamerican author sara farizans debut novel if you could be mine 20 is a youngadult, romantic fiction. I didnt really connect with any of the main characters but i absolutely enjoyed how real the setting felt, and i think its an important book to read. The awardwinning author of if you could be mine and tell me again how a crush should feel, she has an mfa from lesley university and a ba in film and media studies from american university. Read if you could be mine online by sara farizan books free 30. In iran, where homosexuality is punishable by death, 17yearolds sahar and nasrin love each other in secret until nasrins parents announce their daughters arranged marriage. Overall, if you could be mine was an authentic, unique and eyeopening read. If you could be mine is a fairly short book targeted mainly for young readers, with it being a young adult release, but it certainly includes a lot of food for thought within it 240something pages. A book can now be crafted into a book and quill, which can be used to create written books. Sara farizan seventeenyearold sahar has been in love with her best friend, nasrin, since they were six. Im a cold heartbreaker, fit to burn and ill rip your heart in two and ill leave you lyin on the bed ill be out the door before you wake em, its nothin new to. Aug 20, 20 sara farizan is an iranian american writer and ardent basketball fan who was born in and lives near boston. Sahar and nasrin have loved each other since they were little girls. If you could be mine book santa clara county library. But iran is a dangerous place for two girls in lovesahar and nasrin could be beaten, imprisoned, even executed.
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This forbidden romance could cost them their lives seventeenyearold sahar has been in love with her best friend, nasrin, since they were six. If you could be mine is the story of two teenage girls living in iran, a place where their romantic relationship is punishable by death. As they got older, that love deepened into a sexual relationship as well. A very short book at only a little over 200 pages, if you could be mine examines not only life in iran, but life in iran for a young girl in love with her best friend, nasrin. The protagonist, sahar, is a very smart young woman on track for the top university in iran. But the picture farizan paints is one that reflects a global plight that many gay teens endure. This study guide is based on the following version of this book. Nasrin is a spoiled rich girl whose parents are intend for her to marry as soon as she leaves high school. In the island kingdom of visidia, where each person is allowed just one type of magic, only the members of the royal montara family have the ability to wield the dangerous soul magic. Farizan speaks with nprs jacki lyden about the book and her own. If you could be mine npr coverage of if you could be mine by sara farizan.
Aberdeen is lusting after pierce, the hot neighbor guy who lives in the apartment across from the one aberdeen shares with her best friend, jasey. If you could be mine ebook lawrence public library. When nasrin is to be married off by her family, sahar decides she must act. Booksource is the premier trade book distributor to k12 school classrooms across the country. But iran is a dangerous place for two girls in lovesahar and nasrin could be beaten, imprisoned, even executed if their relationship came to light. The awardwinning author of if you could be mine and tell me again how a crush should feel, she has an mfa from lesley university and a. Set in iran, the story revolves around the forbidden lesbian love affair between best friends sahar and nasrin, two young iranian women struggling to win their families approval. If you liked if you could be mine you may also like other books in our young adult category. Guns n roses you could be mine lyrics genius lyrics. Sahar is a seventeenyearold iranian girl in love with her best friend, nasrin read more.
Through it, teen readers see the oppressive world of being gay in present day iran. While homosexuality is a crime in iran, transsexuals are tolerated if not enthusiastically embraced, so one of the girls contemplates sex change surgery for the chance to love without risk of death. Two boys kissing by david levithan and sara farizans if. Sahar remembers seeing men hung in tehran as a child. Sara farizan in iran, where homosexuality is punishable by death, seventeenyearolds sahar and. Parents need to know that if you could be mine is about an iranian high school senior whos in love with her best friend and neighbor another girl. Sara farizan in iran, where homosexuality is punishable by death, seventeenyearolds sahar and nasrin love each other in secret until nasrins parents announce their daughters arranged marriage and sahar. Princess amora is next in line to be high animancer, but she must first prove to her. In iran, where homosexuality is punishable by death, seventeenyearolds sahar and nasrin love each other in secret until nasrins parents announce their daughters arranged marriage and sahar proposes a drastic solution. Find books like if you could be mine from the worlds largest community of readers. Aug 20, 20 parents need to know that if you could be mine is about an iranian high school senior whos in love with her best friend and neighbor another girl. Nasrin loves sahar, too, but a samesex relationship is forbidden in.
A princess embarks on a dangerous path to the throne. Winner of the lambda literary award for lgbt childrensyoung adult one of rolling stone s 40 best ya novels a 2014 ala rainbow list top 10 title a booklist top 10 first novels for youth 20 a chicago public library best of the best 20 this forbidden romance could cost them their lives seventeenyearold sahar has been in love with her best. Seventeenyearold sahar has been in love with her best friend, nasrin, since they were six. Aug 20, 20 a princess embarks on a dangerous path to the throne. An enchanted book is an item that lets players add enchantments to certain items using an anvil. In iran, where homosexuality is punishable by death, seventeenyearolds sahar and nasrin love each other in secret until nasrins parents announce their daughters arranged marriage and. You could be mine is a song by american rock band guns n roses, featured on their 1991 fourth studio album use your illusion ii. The book describes the oppressive and discriminatory laws that undermine personal freedom from what women can wear or show publicly to whom they can love gay relationships are forbidden. Read unlimited books and audiobooks on the web, ipad, iphone and android. Nasrin loves sahar, too, but a samesex relationship is forbidden in iran both culturally and by the government. If you could be mine is the story of two girls in tehran who have been best friends since childhood.
If you could be mine by sara farizan, 9781616204556, available at book depository with free delivery worldwide. I picked up if you could be mine knowing only that it was about two teenage girls in love in tehran. Guns n roses the true story behind axl roses tattoos. So they carry on in secret until nasrins parents announce that theyve arranged for her marriage. In if you could be mine, sara farizan has opened quite a window. To view books in process, and to suggest new books, go to books in process. Seventeenyearold sahar has been in love with her best fri. Sara farizan is an iranian american writer and ardent basketball fan who was born in and lives near boston. The story focuses around tyler 25, an average guy with what seems to be a somewhat average dilemma.
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