From a New York Times-bestselling memoirist (Funny in Farsi) comes a humorous, voice-driven debut novel about growing up Iranian in Southern California during the Iranian Revolution and hostage crisis of the late 1970s.
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.
A poignant yet lighthearted middle grade debut from the author of the bestselling Funny in Farsi .
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. headlines with protests, revolution, and finally the taking of American hostages.
It\'s the late 1970s, and fitting in becomes more difficult as Iran makes U.
S.
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.
Zomorod (Cindy) Yousefzadeh is the new kid on the block...for the fourth time.
From a New York Times-bestselling memoirist (Funny in Farsi) comes a humorous, voice-driven debut novel about growing up Iranian in Southern California during the Iranian Revolution and hostage crisis of the late 1970s
