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The Teacher of Nomad Land: A World War II Story

by Daniel Nayeri

Middle grade · ages 10–14 · grades 5–9 · 760L · 192 pages · 2025

Why we'd hand it over

A rare, serious historical fiction that centers an Iranian girl's moral courage during WWII—important representation and genuinely moving, though the wartime peril and displacement themes require maturity.

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