It Ain't So Awful, Falafel
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It Ain't So Awful, Falafel

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It Ain't So Awful, Falafel

About this book

Kirkus 50 Best Middle Grade Novels of the 21st Century.

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
  • Kirkus 50 Best Middle Grade Novels of the 21st Century

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Publisher
Clarion Books
Year
2016
eBook ISBN
9780544612372
Print ISBN
9781328740960

Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Title Page
  3. Contents
  4. Copyright
  5. Dedication
  6. Number Four
  7. Trash Talk
  8. California Dreaminā€™
  9. Knock, Knock
  10. Love Will Keep Us Together
  11. Buy Three, Get One Free
  12. Price of Friendship
  13. The Captain and Me
  14. Lucky Dogs
  15. Sultans of Suntan
  16. Saint An-tony
  17. Cinema Rex
  18. Go Fish
  19. Tuna
  20. The Hawaiian Islands
  21. Life as a Turtle
  22. Pasta
  23. No Pain, No Gain
  24. Never Owned a Camel
  25. Brain: Itā€™s a Good Thing
  26. TGIF
  27. George
  28. Bravo
  29. Zenith
  30. Mexican Heaven
  31. Pistachio
  32. Aloha, Polar Bear
  33. Blanche DuBois
  34. Klutz
  35. Skip
  36. Halloween
  37. Poo Poo
  38. An Afternoon with John Wayne and Elvis Presley
  39. Mount Laundry
  40. At Last
  41. Radish Roses
  42. Some of the Trimmings
  43. Uncle Bahbak
  44. January 17, 1979
  45. Ayatollah Khomeini
  46. Allo, Allo
  47. Speech
  48. Shalom, Salam, Hola, Howdy
  49. February 1979
  50. February 11, 1979
  51. A Slice of Key Lime Pie with a Scoop of Dignity, Please
  52. Girls Rule! (Not Anymore)
  53. Allo, Allo
  54. Last Chance Clearance
  55. Where the Mild Things Are
  56. Name Change, Game Change
  57. Are You There, Allah? Itā€™s Me, Zomorod
  58. Chapter Four, ā€œPool Rulesā€
  59. Twenty-Six Miles Across the Sea
  60. Oh Heck, Itā€™s OPEC
  61. Buttercup
  62. Seventh Grade
  63. Sixty Minutes
  64. October 23, 1979
  65. Halloween, 1979
  66. November 4, 1979
  67. Wrong!
  68. November 8, 1979
  69. Bye-Bye, Froufrou
  70. Circle Time
  71. Trashy Drama
  72. Sugar Corn Pops
  73. Where the Red Fern Dies
  74. Click-Clack
  75. ā€œGive Me Your Tired, Your Poor, Your Huddled Masses Yearning to Breathe Freeā€
  76. Day 14
  77. A Note, Not from Hallmark
  78. V Is for Vendetta
  79. Proof
  80. Love Makes This House a Home
  81. To Think Deeply About Something
  82. Day 16
  83. Just Another Thursday in November
  84. Mary Elizabeth Crenshaw
  85. Please Ask Me About Camels Instead
  86. Go, Brock
  87. Cowboys and Iranians
  88. If Only Your Accent Were French, or English, or Anything Else
  89. Brock Rocks
  90. Of Mice and Men and Metaphors
  91. A Real Drip
  92. The Plan
  93. A Ham for a Turkey
  94. Not Without My Ham
  95. A-Okay
  96. Itā€™s Not Like on TV
  97. Miss Information
  98. December 15, 1979
  99. No Ho-Ho-Ho
  100. December 27, 1979
  101. Roll of Thunder, Hear My Thanks
  102. My Favorite Hostage
  103. Read All About It
  104. Let There Be Light
  105. Ainā€™t It Awful, Falafel?
  106. Gray Skies
  107. Valedictorian
  108. Summer of ā€™80
  109. Thirteen
  110. Curtains Closed
  111. Forever Yours
  112. Uncle Jamshidā€™s Neighborā€™s Cousin
  113. We Do Exist, Really
  114. July 27, 1980
  115. Ring, Ring, Ring
  116. Eighth Grade
  117. Sequin Sisters
  118. Halloween
  119. Following the Rules
  120. November 5, 1980
  121. December 19, 1980
  122. My Favorite Hostage, Part II
  123. The French Boy
  124. January 20, 1981
  125. Day 445
  126. Foiled
  127. Foiled Again
  128. Original Cindy
  129. Skip Again
  130. Holy Mole
  131. Authorā€™s Note
  132. Acknowledgments
  133. Middle Grade Mania!
  134. About the Author
  135. Connect with HMH on Social Media
  136. Footnotes