About the Book: A Good Country
The powerful, moving story of a California teenager from an immigrant family
who, finding himself in an increasingly hostile world, is turned from a carefree
surfers life towards a culture of fear and fanaticism Laguna Beach, California,
2010. Alireza Courdee, a fourteen-year-old, straight-A student, takes his first
hit of pot. In that moment, he is transformed from the high-achieving son of
Iranian immigrants into a happy-go-lucky stoner. He loses his virginity, starts
surfing, cuts classes and lies to his father. For the first time, Reza now Rez
feels like an all-American teen. Then a terror incident shocks the nation. As
fears escalate,