Playing Atari with Saddam Hussein: Based on a True Story - Paperback
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Playing Atari with Saddam Hussein: Based on a True Story - Paperback
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by Jennifer Roy (Author), Ali Fadhil (Author)
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.Author Biography
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: @Jenroybook
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.
Number of Pages: 176
Dimensions: 0.6 x 8.3 x 5.4 IN
Publication Date: September 17, 2019
Accelerated Reader:
Quiz Name: Playing Atari with Saddam Hussein: Based on a True Story
Interest Level: Middle Grades, 4-8
Reading Level: 3.9
Point Value: 4
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