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The teacher of nomad land : a World War II story / Daniel Nayeri.

By: Material type: TextTextPublication details: Montclair [New Jersey] : Levine Querido, 2025.Description: 181 p. : map ; 22 cmISBN:
  • 9781646145669
Subject(s): Genre/Form: DDC classification:
  • [Fic] 23
LOC classification:
  • PZ7.N225 Tea 2025
Awards:
  • Newbery Medal/Honor, 2026
Summary: "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.
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Martha's Vineyard High School Library HISTORICAL FICTION FIC/NAY (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available 39844500061948

Includes bibliographical references (p. 180-181).

School Library Journal starred, May 2025

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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

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