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Nayeri, Daniel.

The teacher of nomad land : a World War II story / Daniel Nayeri. - Montclair [New Jersey] : Levine Querido, 2025. - 181 p. : map ; 22 cm.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 180-181).

School Library Journal starred, May 2025 Booklist starred, October 2025 Pub Weekly, May 2025 Kirkus Starred, June 2025 New York Times, August 2025 Bulletin (Center for Children's Books), July 2025

"1941. The German armies are storming across Europe. Iran is a neutral country occupied by British forces on one side, Soviet forces on another. Soldiers fill the teahouses of Isfahan. Nazi spies roam the alleyways. Babak and his little sister have just lost their father. Now orphans, fearing they will be separated, the two devise a plan. Babak will take up his father's old job as a teacher to the nomads. With a chalkboard strapped to Babak's back, and a satchel full of textbooks, the siblings set off to find the nomad tribes as they make their yearly trek across the mountains. On the treacherous journey they meet a Jewish boy, hiding from a Nazi spy. And suddenly, they are all in a race for survival"--Amazon.

3-6 Follett Content Solutions.

Newbery Medal/Honor, 2026

ISBN: 9781646145669

LCCN: 2024950397

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Orphans--Juvenile fiction.
Survival--Juvenile fiction.
Teaching--Juvenile fiction.
World War, 1939-1945--Juvenile fiction.
Orphans--Fiction.
Survival--Fiction.
Teaching--Fiction.
World War, 1939-1945--Fiction.

Index Terms--Genre/Form:
Historical fiction.

LC Class. No.: PZ7.N225 / Tea 2025

Dewey Class. No.: [Fic]