The Many Assassinations of Samir, the Seller of Dreams
by Daniel Nayeri
Middle grade · ages 10–14 · grades 5–9 · 780L · 224 pages · 2023
Why we'd hand it over
A haunting, lyrical middle-grade debut that trusts kids to sit with metaphor and moral ambiguity—the dream-logic narrative mirrors Samir's fractured identity in ways that linger after the last page.