Playing Atari with Saddam Hussein: Based on a True Story
by Jennifer Roy and Ali Fadhil
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- Grade
- 4-8
- Genre
- Historical Fiction
- Cultural Experience
- Middle Eastern
Year Published 2018
Word Count 29,603
- Text Complexity
- Lexile Level: 560L
- ATOS Reading Level: 3.9
- AR Quiz Numbers
- Quiz 193490, 4 AR Points
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- Curricular Area
- English Language Arts
- History
- Social Studies
- Subject Headings
- 20th century
- Juvenile Fiction | Family | Siblings
- Persian Gulf War, 1991--Fiction
- Children's Books/Ages 9-12 Fiction
- Hussein, Saddam, 1937-2006--Fiction
- Iraq--History--20th century--Fiction
- Juvenile Fiction | Historical | Middle East
- Iraq
- Persian Gulf War, 1991--Juvenile fiction
- Family life
- Persian Gulf War, 1991
- Family life--Iraq--Fiction
- History
- Juvenile Fiction | People & Places | Middle East
- Families
- Hussein, Saddam
- Juvenile Fiction | Historical | Military & Wars
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Audio Name Pronunciation with Jennifer Roy
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Story Map Multi-Leveled Lesson
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Cultural Representation Reflection
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Book Guides, Activities & Lessons 5
Story Map Multi-Leveled Lesson
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Cultural Representation Reflection
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Teaching Resources from Young Hoosier Book Award
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Conversations Starters from Medium
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Teacher's Guide from Jennifer Roy
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Book Readings 1

Audiobook Excerpt narrated by Neil Shah
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Vocabulary Lists 1

Word lists, definitions, and example sentences
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Awards & Distinctions 2

Notable Books for a Global Society, 1996-2023
Selection, 2019

Junior Library Guild Selections, 2012-2023
Middle Selection, 2018
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