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House of Yesterday by Deeba Zargarpur
4.0

Thanks so much to BooksForwardBFFs and Farrar, Straus and Giroux (BYR) for the copy of this ARC.

House of Yesterday is such a unique YA book, touching on the memories and trauma of the past and how they affect the present in a tangible way. The author drew from her Afghan-Uzbek heritage and used it to create a generational immigration story that's framed perfectly for a YA audience in this a coming-of-age novel. I loved the embodiment of the ghosts from the past and thought it added a very cool layer to this story.