![]() ![]() Nazemian raises thought-provoking questions about what “authenticity” means Daria and her friends, aka the Authentics, pride themselves on keeping it real. She finds the woman’s stepson first and romantic sparks fly. ![]() Struggling with her sense of self after determining that she was adopted, Daria buries the hurt and betrayal she feels toward her parents and sets out to find her biological mother. The project is simple: the students must present the stories of how they got to where they are today, but 15-year-old Daria Esfandyar gets startling results from a genealogy test she takes with her friends, learning that she is half Mexican and not fully Iranian as she thought. What begins as an English class assignment transforms into a messy but fulfilling journey of self-discovery for a Beverly Hills teen in this first YA title from screenwriter and novelist Nazemian ( The Walk-in Closet). ![]()
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