"Land of Roses and Nightingales"

Reading these stories is a journey much like a magic carpet ride -- a Persian girl's odysseys through time and space. She steps out of a dream, an embodiment of a hero, and battles evil forces or solves riddles by using her wits and strengths. She serves for the good of others, consequently in the process she metamorphoses into to a mature woman. In the end, through endurance, she is triumphant so that even the Persian king takes a bow to her. Her adventures are based on Persian fairytales and folktales narrated by her.

The tales are timeless and carry a feminist message. It does not matter where we live, we are all fascinated by ordinary heroes. We love to read stories where a single unexpected event can utterly transform a life. These thousand year old fables have endured showing the timeless universal issues all teens go through: love, heartache, family matters and challenging authority. These adventures are gripping and compelling, chosen to help our teens recognize they have the same conflicts as other young people throughout history and in very different cultures.

Fairytales of each country are like the folk music or "science fiction" of that nation. These adventures are adapted to appeal to Young Adult readers. Yet they also carry redeeming social value that attracts teachers, professors, librarians, storytellers and parents. The Literary Analysis is to assist in interpreting the girl's adventures based on Carl Jung's theory, "Collective Unconscious". It is the icing on the cake.