ACCESS DIGITIZED EDITION
Guide/Reviews Database
INTERMEDIATE FICTION
Dumas, Firoozeh

It Ain't So Awful, Falafel

378 pp. | Clarion | May, 2016 | Trade ISBN 978-0-544-61231-0 $16.99
(2) 4-6 Recently moved from Compton to Newport Beach, Zomorod Yousefzadeh has started calling herself Cindy to fit in. But late-1970s world politics keep her ever aware that she's Iranian. Dumas's semi-autobiographical children's-book debut is funny, affecting, and nuanced--rife with depictions of racism kids of color and immigrants still face; these serious notes are balanced with preteen antics and melodramas of which Blume would be proud.
Reviewer: Sarah Hannah Gomez | Horn Book Magazine Issue: March, 2016

RELATED 

INTERMEDIATE FICTION

The Republic of Birds
by Miller, Jessica
INTERMEDIATE FICTION

Atlantis
by Mone, Gregory
INTERMEDIATE FICTION

It Doesn't Take a Genius
by Rhuday-Perkovich, Olugbemisola
INTERMEDIATE FICTION

Cece Rios and the Desert of Souls
by Rivera, Kaela
INTERMEDIATE FICTION

Soul Lanterns
by Kuzki, Shaw
More

Get connected. Join our global community of more than 200,000 librarians and educators.

This coverage is free for all visitors. Your support makes this possible.

We are currently offering this content for free. Sign up now to activate your personal profile, where you can save articles for future viewing.

ALREADY A SUBSCRIBER?