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Author Interview

Write ten questions that you would ask the author in an interview.

Iranian Food

Create a menu of foods that Nastaran might fix for her family.

Firoozeh Dumas

Read another book written by Dumas.

Map It

Create a map showing places mentioned in the book.

Staying in America

Discuss with a group what decision you would make if you were Zomorod and your family was leaving America. Would you stay or go?

Iranian Crisis Documentary

Watch the documentary The Iran Hostage Crisis: 444 Days to Freedom (What Really Happened in Iran) directed by Les Harris.

Origami

Make a jumping frog or something else using origami techniques.

Diorama

Create a diorama of the Yousefzadehs condo.

It Ain't So Awful, Falafel: The Movie

Imagine you are the director of a movie base on the novel. List the actors and actresses you would choose to play the main characters.

The Last Shah

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