Jasmine Zumideh Needs a Win: A Novel

Most Anticipated YA by Buzzfeed Told with biting insight and fierce humor, Susan Azim Boyer's Jasmine Zumideh Needs a Win is a fresh, unforgettable story of one Iranian-American young woman's experience navigating her identity, a budding romance, friendship, family, and her future, all set against life-changing historical events with present-day relevance. It's 1979, and Jasmine Zumideh is ready to get the heck out of her stale, Southern California suburb and into her dream school, NYU, where she'll major in journalism and cover New York City's exploding music scene. There's just one teeny problem: Due to a deadline snafu, she maaaaaaybe said she was Senior Class President-Elect on her application--before the election takes place. But honestly, she's running against Gerald Thomas, a rigid rule-follower whose platform includes reinstating a dress code--there's no way she can lose. And she better not, or NYU will rescind her application. But then, an international incident turns the election upside down: a group of students in Iran, fed up with the U.S.'s interference in Iranian politics, takes the American Embassy in Tehran--and the people within it--hostage. And, as the Iran Hostage Crisis dominates the nightly news, her opponent seizes the opportunity to stir up anti-Iranian sentiment at school and turn the electorate against her--with the help of her outspoken brother, who never stops talking about it. Now, as the white lie she told snowballs into an avalanche, Jasmine is stuck between claiming her heritage or hiding it, standing by her outspoken brother or turning her back on him, winning the election or abandoning her dreams for good.

• | Author: Susan Azim Boyer
• | Publisher: Wednesday Books
• | Publication Date: Nov 01, 2022
• | Number of Pages: 336 pages
• | Language: English
• | Binding: Hardcover/Young Adult Fiction
• | ISBN-10: 125083368X
• | ISBN-13: 9781250833686