It Ain't So Awful, Falafel

from ardvisoor

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...

from foggidawn

It's the summer before sixth grade, and Zomorod Yousefzadeh's family is moving to Newport Beach, California. Zomorod decides that this is the perfect time to adopt a more American-sounding name, so she selects Cindy and sets off to brave the wilds of middle school. Little does she know that one o...

from ewyatt

"Cindy" moves to Newport Beach. She's Iranian and her dad is working in the U.S. on assignment. An exploration about what it is like to be an immigrant in American, what it is like to be a kid that needs to explain and translate for her family, what it is like to try to fit in. When Iran is on th...

from ChristianR

Zomorod and her family have just moved to a new home in California. They're originally from Iran, but Zomorod's biggest wish is to fit in so she changes her name is Cindy. And is slowly works. She makes some good friends but she also faces prejudice -- which heats up considerably when the Iranian...

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Some of the dialogue felt a little stilted and didactic but all the info that was being dumped was so new and interesting to me that I didn't mind. Plus there were so many funny bits inbetween. I feel like I learned a lot about Iran and have a new appreciation for what people have gone through ov...