Persepolis

Satrapi, M. (2003). Persepolis: The story of a

childhood. NY: Pantheon.

Persepolis is the true story of Marjane (Marji) Satrapi. Marji is living in Iran in 1980, a year after the Iranian Revolution. She gives us a child's perspective of the country's history from its glorious past to the present.  She recounts bombings, stories of torture, and violent deaths of family and friends.  It depicts how Marji grows from a child to a rebellious teenager that gets sent away to school in Austria.
This book is good for anyone wanting to learn about Iran from a younger perspective. Due to the nature of some of the content, I feel it would be more appropriate for a slightly older group of kids around 14-18 years.
Satrapi chooses to use a black and white graphic novel to tell her story. She is able to use not only words, but pictures as well to convey the events from her story more vividly for the readers.