Persepolis: The Story of A Childhood is about a young girl living in Iran during a time of change and revolution. It follows her from childhood to adolescence, through cultural changes and war. She thirsts for knowledge, and finds herself having strong opinions about the things going on around her. She is a free spirit, and finds herself testing the limits of what is acceptable in her society.
I thought this was a good novel. Because it was a graphic novel, it made a subject that could be really inaccessible to students something they could understand. Coming from the point of view of someone their age, they could maybe imagine how a situation like that would affect them. I think the fact that it is also a graphic novel could make it a more interesting read, a fun form of novel that isn't traditionally read in classrooms. It is a hard subject to understand though, so I think there would need to be a lot of background information presented. In addition, there are some controversial subjects such as torture that you would need to be careful with as a teacher.
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