Books like Moon at nine by Deborah Ellis
"Moon at Nine" follows the lives of two teenage girls, Farrin and Sadira, who meet in school and find in each other companionship and love. In a society that deems homosexuality a deviant and dangerous, the girls must keep their relationship concealed from both their families and a strict school monitor. Their hope for a future together is threatened by the everβpresent danger of the Revolutionary Guard, making their love a perilous secret that could cost them everything.
First publish date: 2014
Genre: Young Adult Fiction/YA Romance
Authors: Deborah Ellis
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