Only This Beautiful Moment
by Abdi Nazemian
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- Grade
- 7-12
- Genre
- Historical Fiction
- Realistic Fiction
- Cultural Experience
- Middle Eastern
- LGBTQ+
- Asian
- Asian American
Year Published 2023
- Text Complexity
- Lexile Level: Currently Not Available
- ATOS Reading Level: Currently Not Available
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- Curricular Area
- English Language Arts
- Subject Headings
- Family secrets
- YOUNG ADULT FICTION / LGBTQ+
- Family secrets--Fiction
- Generational trauma--Juvenile fiction
- Intergenerational relations
- Gays and lesbians--Fiction
- YOUNG ADULT FICTION / People & Places / United States / Middle Eastern & Arab American
- Intergenerational relations--Fiction
- Family secrets--Juvenile fiction
- Sons of gay men
- Young adult fiction
- Gay teenagers
- Gays--Fiction
- Teenagers--Fiction
- Generational trauma--Fiction
- Identity (Psychology)--Juvenile fiction
- Identity (Psychology)
- YOUNG ADULT FICTION / Family / Multigenerational
- Iranian Americans--Juvenile fiction
- Intergenerational relations--Juvenile fiction
- Iranian Americans--Fiction
- Iranian Americans
- YOUNG ADULT FICTION / Social Themes / Emigration & Immigration
- Generational trauma
- Gay teenagers--Juvenile fiction
- JUVENILE FICTION / Social Themes / Prejudice & Racism
- Arab gay men
- Gay sons
- Identity (Psychology)--Fiction
- Gay characters
- YOUNG ADULT FICTION / People & Places / Middle East
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Audio Name Pronunciation with Abdi Nazemian
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Cultural Representation Reflection
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Story Map Multi-Leveled Lesson
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Historical Fiction Multi-Leveled Lesson
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Book Guides, Activities & Lessons 7
Cultural Representation Reflection
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Story Map Multi-Leveled Lesson
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Historical Fiction Multi-Leveled Lesson
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Discussion Questions from Green Mountain Book Awards
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Educators' Guide from HarperCollins
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Book Readings 1

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Vocabulary Resources 1

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Awards & Distinctions 7

Read for Empathy Collections, 2017-2025
Young Adult Selection, 2025

Recent Book Award Winners & Honorees
Young Adult Selection, 2025

CCBC Choices
Selection, 2024

Lambda Literary Award, 1992-2024
Young Adult Winner, 2024

Amy Mathers Teen Book Award, 2015-2024
Winner, 2024

Junior Library Guild Selections, 2012-2025
Young Adult Selection, 2023
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