Summary

Chapter 70 is titled “Give Me Your Tired, Your Poor, Your Huddled Masses Yearning to Breathe Free.” Many Iranians flee to America. One day, Pooya calls. He and Pooyan are studying at UCLA. He says they have chosen different names and tell everyone they are from Italy.

Chapter 71 is titled “Day 14.” A teacher, Mrs. Thompson, asks Zomorod if she would do a presentation on the current events in Iran. Zomorod asks if she can wait until after the hostage crisis is resolved.

Chapter 72 is titled “A Note, Not from Hallmark.” Zomorod finds a dead hamster at her front door with a note that reads, “Iranians go home.” Zomorod disposes of both without letting her parents know. At school, she tells Carolyn about the hamster and the overfilled trash bin. Carolyn becomes determined to figure out who did it.

Chapter 73 is titled “V is for...