Playing Atari with Saddam Hussein

Based on a true story, this gives an account of the changes brought about to young Ali's world of comics, football and video games in Iraq by the onset of the Gulf War.

Jennifer Roy is the author of 40 books, including the highly acclaimed Yellow Star, which won a Boston Globe-Horn Book Honor Award for Excellence in Children's Literature and a School Library Journal Best Book. She is also the author of Cordially Uninvited and Mindblind.
Ali Fadhil grew up in Basra, Iraq, and became an interpreter during the trial of Saddam Hussein. He now lives in Dublin, Ohio.