I really loved this book. Like stay up until 4 am reading loved this book. It mixes a lot of my favorite elements together to create a really well written and fun story. I loved the time period (70s) and that even though it was a story set in the past, everything felt timeless and still relatable. The friendships in this book are all so sweet and lovely and Carolyn and her family were fantastic (I might be biased based on the excellent name). I read Persepolis earlier this year and knew some about Iran during this decade but it was interesting to get the story from someone living in the United States, witnessing the country's issues from a distance. And we don't really cover this topic in school (at least I didn't) and I think this is something that should be discussed in the classroom. This book makes learning about a different time period a lot of fun and was so well written. I just really loved this story.