“Khadivi…has a lyrical style reminiscent of…Michael Ondaatje…The Age of Orphans evocatively captures the desperate longing for home, family and a life erased. It’s an af
Laguna Beach, California, 2009. Alireza Courdee, a fourteen-year-old straight-A student and chemistry whiz, takes his first hit of pot. In as long as it takes to inhale and exhale, he is transformed f
Forced to flee their small mountain village in the aftermath of an Iranian Revolution political killing, brothers Saladin and Ali endure a hazardous trek through Istanbul and are eventually separated
The powerful, moving story of a California teenager from an immigrant family who, finding himself in an increasingly hostile world, is turned from a carefree surfer's life towards a culture of fear an
A "powerful" (NYT) timely novel about the radicalization of a Muslim teen in California--about where identity truly lies and how we find it.Laguna Beach, California, 2010. Alireza Courdee, a 14-year-o
