Lost Boys

By: Darcey Rosenblatt

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Paperback | 21 August 2018

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Paperback
288 Pages

Age
9+

Grade
4 - 7

Dimensions(cm)
19.1 x 13.1 x 2.0

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Twelve-year-old Reza has no interest in joining Iran’s war effort. But in the wake of a tragedy and at his mother’s urging, he decides to enlist and receives his "key to heaven": the assurance that he will achieve paradise should he die in service to his country. War does not bring the glory the boys of Iran have been promised, and Reza soon finds himself held in a prisoner-of-war camp in Iraq, where the guards not only threaten violence—they act upon it. Will Reza make it out alive? And if he does, will he even have a home to return to?

In this unforgettable tale of friendship and survival against the odds, Reza finds solace through music and forges his own path, wherever that might take him.

About the Author

Darcey Rosenblatt is a debut author. She's a co-founder of the Better Books Workshop for middle-grade and young adult writers, and loves dancing and painting. She lives in San Francisco.

Industry Reviews

"In Rosenblatt's ambitious debut novel, Reza, a 12-year-old Iranian boy, clings to friendship and his love of music as the Iran-Iraq War tears his world apart. . . . Reza's story is compelling . . . ." --Kirkus Reviews

"This hard-hitting first novel opens in Iran in 1982 during the Ayatollah Khomeini's oppressive rule and that nation's war with Iraq. . . . The larger political context becomes personal when a devastating public rejection of Reza and his fellow survivors by Iran leaves the boys without a country. . . . [T]he resilience of Rosenblatt's protagonist strikes a strong chord." --Publishers Weekly

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