American Playground Fiction_Gift_Guide On a dead-end street in

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American Playground Fiction_Gift_Guide On a dead-end street inIt's 1971, and 7 year old Mishel Manoucherian's family has packed up their life in Tehran and moved to Los Angeles, launching him headfirst into a disorienting new world of social and schoolyard expectations. At once a witty and warm exploration of the immigrant journey and coming of age tale, American Playground illuminates the Iranian American experience through a child's unique perspective. Armed with a handful of English words, a fiery mother who