Name of Reviewer: Sindhu
Title of Book: It Ain’t So Awful, Falafel
Author of Book: Firoozeh Dumas
# of pages: 378
# AR points: 10.0
RL: 4.7
Zomorod Yousefzadeh is a young Iranian girl
living in the U.S during the time of the Iranian Revolution and the capturing
of the American hostages. Her family is bullied, her father loses his job, and
she is mistreated everywhere, other than the times when she is with her few
friends and supporters. I loved this book because it shows what it was like in
the time of the Iranian Revolution, from the point of view of the people living
and struggling in the U.S in the late 1970s. If I were the author, I would not
change any part of It Ain’t So Awful, Falafel because it is so well
detailed and descriptive that nothing anybody would do could make it better. If
I were Original Cindy, I wouldn’t have taken Zomorod calling my horse a unicorn
as an insult. If I could pick one juicy word to describe this book, it would be
breathtaking because it takes your entire imagination and puts it to its
fullest use in through words. It Ain’t So Awful Falafel is for everyone
of all ages, and I recommend it to you greatly.
