It Ain’t So Awful, Falafel
Written by Firoozeh Dumas
Published by Clarion Books
Zomorod (Cindy) Yousefzadeh is the new kid on the block . . . for the fourth time. California’s Newport Beach is her family’s latest perch, and she’s determined to shuck her brainy loner persona and start afresh with a new Brady Bunch name Cindy. It’s the late 1970s, and fitting in becomes more difficult as Iran makes U.S. headlines with protests, revolution, and finally the taking of American hostages. Even mood rings and puka shell necklaces can’t distract Cindy from the anti-Iran sentiments that creep way too close to home. A poignant yet lighthearted middle grade debut from the author of the best-selling Funny in Farsi. Firoozeh Dumas is a New York Times bestselling author born in Abadan, Iran, and who moved to Whittier, California at the age of seven. After a two-year stay, she and her family moved back to Iran and lived in Ahvaz and Tehran. Two years later, they moved back to Whittier, then to Newport Beach. She lives in Munich, Germany, with her husband and three children.
Primary ISBN: 9780544612310
Publication Date: May 2016
Available As: Paperback, Audiobook
Publication Status: Hardcover is Out of Print.
Chapter Book, Age 09 or older
Community Represented: Iranian/Iranian American
Themes: Discrimination: Cultural, Discrimination: Racial, Education & Literacy, Family Relationship: Parents, Identity: Multilingual
Setting: United States (California)
Character's Place in the Immigration Journey: Immigrant
Book Creator(s) Connection to the Community Represented: Own Voices/Lived Experience
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