If You Could Be Mine
by Sara Farizan
Sahar is a seventeen-year-old Iranian girl in love with her best friend, Nasrin.... read more
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- Grade
- 7-12
- Genre
- Realistic Fiction
- Cultural Experience
- Middle Eastern
- Asian
- LGBTQ+
Year Published 2013
Word Count 52,585
- Text Complexity
- Lexile Level: 670L
- ATOS Reading Level: 4.5
- AR Quiz Numbers
- Quiz 161444, 8.0 AR Points
- Curricular Area
- English Language Arts
- Social Studies
- Lists With This Book
- Global Reading
- Refugees Welcome Here
- #OwnVoices for 7-12
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Meet-the-Author Recording with Sara Farizan about If You Could Be Mine
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Audio Name Pronunciation with Sara Farizan
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Story Map Multi-Leveled Lesson
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Cultural Representation Reflection
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Book Guides, Activities & Lessons 3
Story Map Multi-Leveled Lesson
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Cultural Representation Reflection
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Reader's Guide from Algonquin Young Readers
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Book Readings 1

Audiobook Excerpt narrated by Negin Farsad
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Awards & Distinctions 4

Rainbow List: Top Ten LGBTQ Books for Children and Teens, 2011-2022
Commended, 2014

Lambda Literary Award, 1992-2022
Winner, 2014

CCBC Choices
Selection, 2014
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