Location: Iran
Awards: ALA Alex Award 2004, YALSA Best Books for Young Adults
Growing up is hard to do, now imagine growing up during a revolution in your owncountry. Persepolis: The Story of a Childhood is the story of a young girl named Marji
who is just ten years old, and after ten years of a fairly modern life, she is plunged into the conservative, misogyny of the Iranian revolution. The Zoroastrian heritage of her country is replaced by Islam. Her education, her wardrobe, and her possibilities for a future are all being taken from her. Marjane Satrapi’s autobiographical graphic novel explores the relationship between the individual and society, freedom and control. Explore the Iranian revolution at the end of the 20th century with this award winning graphic novel.
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