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Roy, Jennifer

Playing Atari with Saddam Hussein: Based on a True Story

168 pp. | Houghton | February, 2018 | Trade ISBN 978-0-544-78507-6 $16.99 | Ebook ISBN 978-1-328-83024-1
(3) 4-6 With Ali Fadhil. Eleven-year-old Ali lives with his Christian-Kurdish family in Basra, Iraq, during Operation Desert Storm in 1991. Entranced with American television, comics, and video games, Ali is dismayed to be considered the "enemy"; why can't they just kill Saddam Hussein and leave Ali and his countrymen alone? Young Ali's engaging voice and perspective add appeal to this story based on contributor Fadhil's childhood in war-ravaged Iraq.
Reviewer: Kristy Pasquariello

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