Playing Atari with Saddam Hussein: Based on a True Story

by Jennifer Roy

Book Overview

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...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 054478507X
• ISBN13: 9780544785076
• Release Date: February 2018
• Publisher: Clarion Books
• Length: 176 Pages
• Weight: 0.65 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 5.7" x 8.2"
• Age Range: 10 to 12 years
• Grade Range: Grades 5 to 7