Saturday, June 25, 2016

Small Fry Pick of the Week: It Aint so Awful, Falafel



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It Aint So Awful, Falafel by Firoozeh Dumas


     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 lonely persona and start afresh with a new Brady Bunch name.  It's the late 1970's, and fitting in becomes more difficult as Iran makes U.S. headlines with protests, revolution, and finally the taking of American hostages.  Neither summer camp nor  puka shell necklaces can distract Cindy from the anti-Iran sentiments that creep way too close to home.


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Thursday, June 9, 2016

Small Fry Pick of the Week: Cartwheeling in Thunderstorms


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Ages 9-12

Wilhelmina Silver's world is golden.  Living half-wild on an African farm with her horse, her monkey, and her best friend, Will feels that every day is beautiful But when her home is sold and Will is sent away to boarding school in England, the world becomes impossibly difficult.  Lions and hyenas are nothing compared to packs of schoolgirls.  Where can a girl run to in London?  And will she have the courage to survive?

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