**_Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda_ goes to Italy in Arvin Ahmadi's newest incisive look at identity and what it means to find yourself by running away.** Eighteen-year-old Amir Azadi always knew coming out to his Muslim family would be messy--he just didn't think it would end in an airport inte
How It All Blew Up
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- Publisher
- Bonnier Publishing Fiction; Hot Key Books
- Year
- 2020
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 137 KB
- Edition
- (UK)
- Category
- Fiction
- City
- Italy--Rome.
- ISBN
- 1471409937
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β¦ Synopsis
Arvin Ahmadi has written a novel that is authentic, hilarious and heart-wrenching all at once. A unique point of view combined with riveting storytelling, How It All Blew Up will grab you from the first page and won't let go - Angie Thomas, #1 New York Times bestselling author of THE HATE U GIVE and ON THE COME UP
Eighteen-year-old Amir Azadi always knew that coming out to his Muslim family would be messy, but he wasn't expecting it to end in an airport interrogation room. Now, he's telling his side of the story to the stern-faced officer.
Amir has to explain why he ran away to Rome (boys, bullies, blackmail) and what he was doing there for a month (dates in the Sistine Chapel, friends who helped him accept who he is, and, of course, drama) . . . all while his mum, dad and little sister are being interrogated in the room next door.
A nuanced take on growing up brown, Muslim and gay in today's America, HOW IT ALL BLEW UP is the story of one boy's struggle to...
β¦ Subjects
Italy -- Rome
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