TY - BOOK AB - 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 loner persona and start afresh with a new Brady Bunch name - Cindy. It's the late 1970s, and fitting in becomes more difficult as Iran makes U.S. headlines with protests, revolution, and finally the taking of American hostages. Even puka shell necklaces, pool parties, and flying fish can't distract Cindy from the anti-Iran sentiments that creep way too close to home. A poignant yet lighthearted middle grade debut from the author of the best-selling Funny in Farsi. -- AU - Dumas, Firoozeh, CN - PS3604.U474 CN - PZ7.D89332 CN - PS3604.U474 ID - 1357980 KW - Iranian Americans KW - Iran Hostage Crisis, 1979-1981 KW - Iranian Americans KW - Iran Hostage Crisis, 1979-1981 N1 - "A novel"--Jacket flap. N2 - 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 loner persona and start afresh with a new Brady Bunch name - Cindy. It's the late 1970s, and fitting in becomes more difficult as Iran makes U.S. headlines with protests, revolution, and finally the taking of American hostages. Even puka shell necklaces, pool parties, and flying fish can't distract Cindy from the anti-Iran sentiments that creep way too close to home. A poignant yet lighthearted middle grade debut from the author of the best-selling Funny in Farsi. -- SN - 9780544612310 SN - 0544612310 SN - 9781328740960 SN - 132874096X T1 - It ain't so awful, falafel / TI - It ain't so awful, falafel / ER -