Playing Atari with Saddam Hussein

Based on a True Story

Kids, People and Places, Fiction, Middle East, Historical, Teen
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Author: Jennifer Roy, Ali Fadhil ISBN: 9781328830241
Publisher: HMH Books Publication: February 6, 2018
Imprint: HMH Books for Young Readers Language: English
Author: Jennifer Roy, Ali Fadhil
ISBN: 9781328830241
Publisher: HMH Books
Publication: February 6, 2018
Imprint: HMH Books for Young Readers
Language: English

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.

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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.

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