Once There Was by Kiyash MonsefMiddle School, High School    Simon    416 pp.4/23    9781665928502    $18.99e-book ed.  9781665928526    $10.99Marjan Dastani, the daughter of an Iranian immigrant father and an American-born mother (who died when Marjan was seven), has grown up in California with stories that begin “Yeki bood, yeki nabood,” or “Once...

This interview originally appeared in the January/February 2023 Horn Book Magazine as part of the Publishers’ Previews: Books in the Middle, an advertising supplement that allows participating publishers a chance to each highlight a book from its current list. They choose the books; we ask the questions. Sponsored by Once...