Based on interviews with a young woman forced to flee Iran because of her sexual orientation, Moon at Nine is a tense and riveting novel that shines a light on an issue of social injustice that continues to this day.
Fifteen-year-old Farrin has grown up with secrets: ten years after the overthrow of the Shah, her aristocratic mother is still working against Iran's conservative revolutionary government. But when Farrin befriends Sadira, the intriguing and outgoing new student at her school for gifted girls, her own new secret is even more dangerous. Because the girls discover their relationship is more than just a friendship—and in Iran, being gay is punishable by death.
- ISBN10 1927485975
- ISBN13 9781927485972
- Publish Date 19 May 2016 (first published 15 May 2014)
- Publish Status Out of Print
- Out of Print 22 January 2021
- Publish Country CA
- Imprint Pajama Press
- Format Paperback (US Trade)
- Pages 224
- Language English
- URL http://pajamapress.ca/book/moon_at_nine/