
- 384 pages
- English
- ePUB (mobile friendly)
- Available on iOS & Android
eBook - ePub
It Ain't So Awful, Falafel
About this book
Zomorod (Cindy) Yousefzadeh is the new kid on the block...for the fourth time.
California’s Newport Beach is her family’s latest perch, and she’s determined to shuck her brainy loner persona and start afresh with a new Brady Bunch name—Cindy.
It’s the late 1970s, and fitting in becomes more difficult as Iran makes U.S. headlines with protests, revolution, and finally the taking of American hostages. Even puka shell necklaces, pool parties, and flying fish can't distract Cindy from the anti-Iran sentiments that creep way too close to home.
A poignant yet lighthearted middle grade debut from the author of the bestselling Funny in Farsi.
- California Library Association’s John and Patricia Beatty Award Winner
- Florida Sunshine State Young Readers Award (Grades 6–8)
- New York Historical Society’s New Americans Book Prize Winner
- Middle East Book Award for Youth Literature, Honorable Mention
- Booklist 50 Best Middle Grade Novels of the 21st Century
Frequently asked questions
Yes, you can cancel anytime from the Subscription tab in your account settings on the Perlego website. Your subscription will stay active until the end of your current billing period. Learn how to cancel your subscription.
At the moment all of our mobile-responsive ePub books are available to download via the app. Most of our PDFs are also available to download and we're working on making the final remaining ones downloadable now. Learn more here.
Perlego offers two plans: Essential and Complete
- Essential is ideal for learners and professionals who enjoy exploring a wide range of subjects. Access the Essential Library with 800,000+ trusted titles and best-sellers across business, personal growth, and the humanities. Includes unlimited reading time and Standard Read Aloud voice.
- Complete: Perfect for advanced learners and researchers needing full, unrestricted access. Unlock 1.4M+ books across hundreds of subjects, including academic and specialized titles. The Complete Plan also includes advanced features like Premium Read Aloud and Research Assistant.
We are an online textbook subscription service, where you can get access to an entire online library for less than the price of a single book per month. With over 1 million books across 1000+ topics, weâve got you covered! Learn more here.
Look out for the read-aloud symbol on your next book to see if you can listen to it. The read-aloud tool reads text aloud for you, highlighting the text as it is being read. You can pause it, speed it up and slow it down. Learn more here.
Yes! You can use the Perlego app on both iOS or Android devices to read anytime, anywhere â even offline. Perfect for commutes or when youâre on the go.
Please note we cannot support devices running on iOS 13 and Android 7 or earlier. Learn more about using the app.
Please note we cannot support devices running on iOS 13 and Android 7 or earlier. Learn more about using the app.
Yes, you can access It Ain't So Awful, Falafel by Firoozeh Dumas in PDF and/or ePUB format. We have over one million books available in our catalogue for you to explore.
Information
Publisher
Clarion BooksYear
2016Print ISBN
9781328740960eBook ISBN
9780544612372Table of contents
- Cover
- Title Page
- Contents
- Copyright
- Dedication
- Number Four
- Trash Talk
- California Dreaminâ
- Knock, Knock
- Love Will Keep Us Together
- Buy Three, Get One Free
- Price of Friendship
- The Captain and Me
- Lucky Dogs
- Sultans of Suntan
- Saint An-tony
- Cinema Rex
- Go Fish
- Tuna
- The Hawaiian Islands
- Life as a Turtle
- Pasta
- No Pain, No Gain
- Never Owned a Camel
- Brain: Itâs a Good Thing
- TGIF
- George
- Bravo
- Zenith
- Mexican Heaven
- Pistachio
- Aloha, Polar Bear
- Blanche DuBois
- Klutz
- Skip
- Halloween
- Poo Poo
- An Afternoon with John Wayne and Elvis Presley
- Mount Laundry
- At Last
- Radish Roses
- Some of the Trimmings
- Uncle Bahbak
- January 17, 1979
- Ayatollah Khomeini
- Allo, Allo
- Speech
- Shalom, Salam, Hola, Howdy
- February 1979
- February 11, 1979
- A Slice of Key Lime Pie with a Scoop of Dignity, Please
- Girls Rule! (Not Anymore)
- Allo, Allo
- Last Chance Clearance
- Where the Mild Things Are
- Name Change, Game Change
- Are You There, Allah? Itâs Me, Zomorod
- Chapter Four, âPool Rulesâ
- Twenty-Six Miles Across the Sea
- Oh Heck, Itâs OPEC
- Buttercup
- Seventh Grade
- Sixty Minutes
- October 23, 1979
- Halloween, 1979
- November 4, 1979
- Wrong!
- November 8, 1979
- Bye-Bye, Froufrou
- Circle Time
- Trashy Drama
- Sugar Corn Pops
- Where the Red Fern Dies
- Click-Clack
- âGive Me Your Tired, Your Poor, Your Huddled Masses Yearning to Breathe Freeâ
- Day 14
- A Note, Not from Hallmark
- V Is for Vendetta
- Proof
- Love Makes This House a Home
- To Think Deeply About Something
- Day 16
- Just Another Thursday in November
- Mary Elizabeth Crenshaw
- Please Ask Me About Camels Instead
- Go, Brock
- Cowboys and Iranians
- If Only Your Accent Were French, or English, or Anything Else
- Brock Rocks
- Of Mice and Men and Metaphors
- A Real Drip
- The Plan
- A Ham for a Turkey
- Not Without My Ham
- A-Okay
- Itâs Not Like on TV
- Miss Information
- December 15, 1979
- No Ho-Ho-Ho
- December 27, 1979
- Roll of Thunder, Hear My Thanks
- My Favorite Hostage
- Read All About It
- Let There Be Light
- Ainât It Awful, Falafel?
- Gray Skies
- Valedictorian
- Summer of â80
- Thirteen
- Curtains Closed
- Forever Yours
- Uncle Jamshidâs Neighborâs Cousin
- We Do Exist, Really
- July 27, 1980
- Ring, Ring, Ring
- Eighth Grade
- Sequin Sisters
- Halloween
- Following the Rules
- November 5, 1980
- December 19, 1980
- My Favorite Hostage, Part II
- The French Boy
- January 20, 1981
- Day 445
- Foiled
- Foiled Again
- Original Cindy
- Skip Again
- Holy Mole
- Authorâs Note
- Acknowledgments
- Middle Grade Mania!
- About the Author
- Connect with HMH on Social Media
- Footnotes