Like a Love Story
Abdi Nazemian
Young Adult / Historical Fiction
Like a Love Story
by Abdi Nazemian
—· 432 p· 2019
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Overview
About
It's 1989 in New York City, and for three teens, the world is changing.
Reza is an Iranian boy who has just moved to the city with his mother to live with his stepfather and stepbrother. He's terrified that someone will guess the truth he can barely acknowledge about himself. Reza knows he's gay, but all he knows of gay life are the media's images of men dying of AIDS.
Judy is an aspiring fashion designer who worships her uncle Stephen, a gay man with AIDS who devotes his time to activism as a…
Pages
432
Perfection Learning Corporation
Linguistic complexity
3/5
Moderate
Thematic complexity
4/5
Rich
Rating
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Reader feel
Queer Coming of Age Tension10
Emotional depth9
Historical AIDS Crisis Authenticity9
Narration8
Prose7
Pacing7
Worldbuilding6
Plot twists5
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