![]() ![]() Just when she makes one faithful friend and joins Girl Scouts, her happiness is diminished, like a fire blown away leaving the people shivering with the coldness of the air. Stuck in a web of questions about camels, and teachers asking her to talk about her homeland, Iran-that she is ashamed of-Zomorod feels lonelier than ever. ![]() The late 1970s bring more troubles than you could expect for young Zomorod. On the first day of school, Cindy whispers something to her friends when Zomorod passes and they abruptly burst into laughter. Soon, Zomorod realizes that Cindy isn’t such a true friend when she rudely tells Zomorod that she doesn’t like her.īefore she realizes it, Zomorod suddenly has more problems. She then makes a friend who lives next door and her name is coincidentally Cindy too. Have you ever desired to be like someone else or to lose everything that makes you different and just blend in? Desperate to belong in a foreign country, Zomorod Yousefzadeh is tired of who she is and that is exactly how she felt when she changed her name to Cindy. It Ain’t So Awful, Falafel, by Firoozeh Dumas ![]()
0 Comments
Leave a Reply. |