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With the recent glorification of Saddam Hussein, it’s refreshing to see books written that highlight his atrocities. We need more Iraqi’s sharing their experiences under his regime.

The recent glorification of Saddam Hussein needs to be countered with written narrative of those who survived his atrocities.

An interesting semi-fictionalized childhood memoir of the Iraqi translator for Saddam Hussein during his 2006 trial, set during Bush Sr’s Operation Desert Storm (1991).

Writing honestly about war is hard, made even harder when children are the audience. This book is solid (though perhaps some of the darker moments deserved more on page discussion), and I’d encourage 5th graders+ to read it.