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Playing Atari with Saddam Hussein: Based on a True Story
Contributor(s): Roy, Jennifer (Author), Fadhil, Ali (Author)

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ISBN: 054478507X     ISBN-13: 9780544785076
Publisher: Clarion Books
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Binding Type: Hardcover - See All Available Formats & Editions
Published: February 2018
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Additional Information
BISAC Categories:
- Juvenile Fiction | Historical - Military & Wars
- Juvenile Fiction | Historical - Middle East
- Juvenile Fiction | People & Places - Middle East
Dewey: FIC
LCCN: 2016057657
Age Level: 10-12
Grade Level: 5-7
Lexile Measure: 560(Not Available)
Physical Information: 0.7" H x 5.7" W x 8.2" L (0.60 lbs) 176 pages
Themes:
- Cultural Region - Middle East
- Chronological Period - 1990's
- Ethnic Orientation - Middle East
Features: Dust Cover, Ikids, Maps, Price on Product
Review Citations: Bulletin of Ctr for Child Bks 01/01/2018
Booklist 10/15/2017 pg. 58
Publishers Weekly 11/27/2017
School Library Journal 12/01/2017
Kirkus Reviews 01/01/2018
Hornbook Guide to Children 07/01/2018 - Recommended, Satisfactory
Accelerated Reader Info
Quiz #: 193490
Reading Level: 3.9   Interest Level: Middle Grades   Point Value: 4.0
 
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Publisher Description:
At the start of 1991, eleven-year-old Ali Fadhil was consumed by his love for soccer, video games, and American television shows. Then, on January 17, Iraq's dictator Saddam Hussein went to war with thirty-four nations led by the United States.

Over the next forty-three days, Ali and his family survived bombings, food shortages, and constant fear. Ali and his brothers played soccer on the abandoned streets of their Basra neighborhood, wondering when or if their medic father would return from the war front. Cinematic, accessible, and timely, this is the story of one ordinary kid's view of life during war.


Contributor Bio(s): Roy, Jennifer: - Jennifer Roy is the author of the highly acclaimed Yellow Star, which won a Boston Globe-Horn Book Honor Award for Excellence in Children's Literature, was an ALA Notable Book, a School Library Journal Best Book, and a NYPL Top Book. She is also the author of Cordially Uninvited and Mindblind and the coauthor of the Trading Faces series.
www.jenniferroy.com
Twitter: @JenroybookFadhil, Ali: - Ali Fadhil grew up in Iraq and survived two wars by the age of twelve. He worked as an interpreter at Saddam Hussein's trial and with the U.S. Army in Iraq and Afghanistan. He lives in Dublin, Ohio.
 
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