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Persepolis: The Story of a Childhood
Author:
Satrapi, Marjane
Biographee:
Satrapi, Marjane
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Series:
Persepolis, #1
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Class:
Biography
Age: 14-19
Language: English
Descriptors: Translation, Graphic Nonfiction
Demand: Moderate
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LC: DS318.84
Grade: 9-12
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ISBN-13: 9780375714573
LCCN: 2002190806
Imprint: Pantheon
Publisher: Random House
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Pub Date: 06/01/2004
Availability: Available
List: $16.00
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Trade Paper
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Physical Description:
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153 p. : chiefly ill. ; 24 cm.
H 8.81",
W 5.93",
D 0.5",
0.6625 lbs.
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Bibliographies:
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Cart's Top 200 Adult Books for Young Adults: Two Decades in Review
Core Collecton for Young Adults, 2nd ed.
New York Times Bestsellers List
New York Times Bestsellers: Graphic Novels
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Awards:
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Alex Awards
Booklist Editors Choice
Kliatt's Exceptional Books
Popular Paperbacks for Young Adults
Publishers Weekly Starred Reviews
School Library Journal Best Adult Books for High School Students
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Starred Reviews:
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TIPS Subjects:
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Graphic Arts/Multimedia
Biography, Individual
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BISAC Subjects: |
COMICS & GRAPHIC NOVELS / Nonfiction / C Biography & Memoir
BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Women
HISTORY / Middle East / Iran
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LC Subjects:
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Graphic novels, France, Translations into English
Iran, Biography
Satrapi, Marjane,, 1969-, Childhood and youth, Comic books, strips, etc
Satrapi, Marjane,, 1969-, Comic books, strips, etc
Women authors, Iranian, Biography, Comic books, strips, etc
Women illustrators, Iran, Biography, Comic books, strips, etc
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SEARS Subjects: |
Graphic novels
Iran, Biography
Iranian authors, Biography
Women illustrators, Biography
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Reading Programs: |
Accelerated Reader Level:
3.3
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Points: 2.0
Lexile Level:
380
Reading Counts Level:
5.8
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Points: 6.0
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| Annotations |
| Publisher Annotations | 06/01/2005 |
| Originally published to wide critical acclaim in France, where it elicited comparisons to Art Spiegelman's Maus, Persepolis is Marjane Satrapi's wise, funny, and heartbreaking memoir of growing up in Iran during the Islamic Revolution. PUBLISHER ANNOTATION, c2005. |
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| School Library Journal | 03/29/2024 |
| Gr 8 Up. Through eye-catching, comic book-style illustrations, this gripping memoir gives readers a primary source of perspective for what life was like for Satrapi while she was coming of age in Tehran, amid a time of political upheaval in the 1970s and '80s. Readers will empathize with Satrapi's struggles to understand the political climate and the impact it has on her friends and family. Meant to represent Iran in an age of growing Islamophobia, Persepolis can be used to facilitate cross-cultural dialogue in classrooms that would otherwise not be given windows into the lives of adolescents such as Satrapi. Although it contains instances of graphic language, depiction of violence, and sexual content, it is powerful literature that explores themes of personal identity, censorship, cultural diversity, war, and revolution. VERDICT Fans of graphic memoirs, such as Art Spiegelman's Maus, will readily devour this. A first purchase for young adult collections. Ashley Leffel & Mona Mustafa. 160p. School Library Journal Web Exclusive. SCHOOL LIBRARY JOURNAL, c2024. |
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| ~Kliatt (Retired Journal) | 09/01/2004 |
| JSA. Marjane Satrapi was nine years old when the Islamic Revolution reintroduced a religious state in Iran. Her life changed dramatically under the new regime. It became obligatory for her to wear the veil, her previously co-ed school was divided into separate schools for boys and girls, and fear began to rule her world whenever she was outside of her home. The only child of outspoken revolutionaries, Marjane found it nearly impossible to comply with the demands that were made by the new government. Her resultant disobedient and eventual violent behavior put her family in danger, and she was sent to live in Europe at the age of 14. Persepolis is an absolutely breathtaking memoir. The b/w illustrations are simple but they eloquently convey Marjane's perceptions and memories of her childhood in Iran. Satrapi's writing style is straightforward, and the story is told in a way that is easily accessible. Although terrorism and war form the basis of Marjane's childhood experience, we learn through her story that the actions of a few extremists do not reflect the attitude of an entire nation. This is presented in a nontraditional format (similar to Maus, by Art Spiegelman); however, its curricular advantages should not be overlooked. It gives the people of Iran a face and a voice through their spokeswoman, Marjane Satrapi, and the humanization of a people who often appear far away and different is a benefit not to be ignored. (An ALA Best Book for YAs.) Heather Lisowski, YA Libn., Castle Rock, CO 153pg. KLIATT, c2004. |
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