Playing Atari with Saddam Hussein based on a true story

For forty-two days in 1991, eleven-year-old Ali Fadhil and his family struggle to survive as Basra, Iraq, is bombed by the United States and its allies.

Main Authors: Roy, Jennifer Rozines, 1967- (Author), Fadhil, Ali (Author)
Format: Books Print Book
Language: English
Published: Boston : Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, [2018]
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Summary: For forty-two days in 1991, eleven-year-old Ali Fadhil and his family struggle to survive as Basra, Iraq, is bombed by the United States and its allies.
Physical Description: 165 pages : map ; 22 cm
ISBN: 9780544785076
054478507X
Author Notes: Jennifer Roy is the author of the highly acclaimed Yellow Star and coauthor of the Trading Faces series. She lives in Menands, New York. www.jenniferroy.com .



Ali Fadhil grew up in Iraq and survived two wars by the age of twelve. He worked as an interpreter at Saddam Hussein's trial and with the U.S. Army in Iraq and Afghanistan. He lives in Columbus, Ohio.