![]() ![]() Agent: Mel Berger, William Morris Endeavor. Filled with humorous touches and authentic cultural references, Dumas’s story will resonate not just with young immigrants but with any readers trying to adapt to new situations. Conversations often turn into history and culture lessons, though they evolve naturally within the plot and deliver information that remains relevant today. ![]() Zomorod’s situation takes on fear and tension when the Iranian Revolution breaks out she and her family struggle with anxiety over friends and relatives at home, as well as their own precarious future in America after her engineer father loses his job for political reasons. Visit her website at for resources on It Ain’t So Awful, Fafalel, including videos, pictures, and more. She is the author of the New York Times best-selling memoir Funny in Farsi and the national bestseller Laughing Without an Accent. She struggles with the usual new-girl problems, but hers are compounded by being an immigrant from a country unfamiliar to most Americans. Firoozeh Dumas was born in Abadan, Iran, and grew up in California. Born in Iran, Zomorod Yousefzadeh rechristens herself Cindy when her family moves from Compton, Calif., to Newport Beach. Dumas ( Funny in Farsi) sets her first middle grade novel in the late 1970s and early 1980s, focusing on the Iranian Revolution and the 444 days American hostages were held in the U.S. ![]()
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