It Aint So Awful, Falafel

Posted on 14 May 2018 by Firoozeh Dumas

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 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. Download It Aint So Awful, Falafel By Firoozeh Dumas – kino-fada.fr I lost count how many times I laughed out loud.Why let people only see the worst of the world That s just upsetting and scary It s not even the whole truth If you re going to show bad news, show the good stuff too It s just as important actuallyimportantSuch a fabulous book It Ain t so Awful, Falfel is a thought provoking, culture rich, retro tween novel that adults can enjoy too I laughedI criedI felt the twinge of peer rejection, cultural frustrations, and parental embarrassments, right alongside Zomorod AfWhy let people only see the worst of the world That s just upsetting and scary It s not even the whole truth If you re going to show bad news, show the good stuff too It s just as important actuallyimportantSuch a fabulous book It Ain t so Awful, Falfel is a thought provoking, culture rich, retro tween novel that adults can enjoy too I laughedI criedI felt the twinge of peer ...I loved this book I laughed a lot, it had its sad moments too.It s the life of a normal immigrant middle schooler and challenges she faces like when she has to play translator role for her parents, or when she is the new kid at school and tries to melt in At the same time it tells the story of my home country in a period that changed everything for it and us the people When revolution happens in Iran, US and Iran relations were ruined forever and it shows how it affected normal people s live I loved this book I laughed a lot, it had its sad moments too.It s the life of a normal immigrant middle schooler and challenges she faces like when she has to play translator role for her parents, or when she is the new kid at school and tries to melt in At the same time it tells the story of my home country in a period that changed everything for it and us the people When revolution happens in Iran, US and Iran relations were ruined forever and it show...Loved this one This book is a great mix of funny and serious as Cindy Zomorod navigates her middle school years as an Iranian living in California just before and during the Iranian Revolution and subsequent Iranian Hostage Crisis It reminded me of one of my favorite books I read over and over again as a child Judy Blume s Just as Long as We re Together for a combination of the time period historical now, contemporary then and the loosely plotted friendship story As the Iranian Hostage Love...Booktalked this one to middle schoolers in Winter 2017 We talked about pivotal days in your life how some days you remember forever Mine was 9 11 Some of the kids were days their parents told them they were getting a divorce, or major injuries One said the Paris attacks of 2015.For Zomorod Cindy, it s the first day of the Iranian Hostage Crisis of the late 1970s It sounds very dramatic, but this book ismeandering than that I read this book on lunch breaks from work, which might hav Booktalked this one to middle schoolers in Winter 2017 We talked about pivotal days in your life how some days you remember forever Mine was 9 11 Some of the kids were days their parents told them they were getting a divorce, or major injuries One said the Paris attacks of 2015.For Zomorod Cindy, it s the first day of the Iranian Hostage Crisis of the late 1970s It sound...A really fabulous middle grade read about growing up in 1979 America as an Iranian during the Iranian Crisis Cindy s voice is funny and perceptive without ever being too smart for 11 12 The situations and challenges with friends, with American customs, and with wanting to be a hero in your own family are realistic Readers who are interested in this part of the world or the history here would do well with Dare to Disappoint Growing Up in Turkey which is about the Turkish revolutions it might A really fabulous middle grade read about growing up in 1979 America as an Iranian during the Iranian Crisis Cindy s voice is funny and perceptiv...I read both of Firoozeh Dumas earlier adult books and enjoyed them both Having worked with two Persian women I am intrigued by the future and an ardent fan of their food Two thumbs up for anything with eggplant I must say I liked this middle grade novel even better I zipped through the pages, it was immensely enjoyable and very easy to relate to Cindy as the protagonist dubs herself after struggling through life in America as Zomorod Additionally, I learned a lotabout the Iranian Re I read both of Firoozeh Dumas earlier adult books ...Yet another brilliant novel by Firoozeh Dumas I love how effortless she writes and how easily she can make you laugh or cry Seeing the revolution from another perspective was a great and strange experience.Zomorod Yousefzadeh is moving again the summer before sixth grade from Compton, California to a condo in Newport Beach, California in the late 1970s, because her father is an Iranian petroleum engineer relocated to America This time Zomorod is adopting the name Cindy from the Brady Bunch because Americans can t pronounce her long Iranian name Besides her own crisis of t...

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14 May 2018

Firoozeh Dumas