The injustices brought about by war weigh even more heavily on the children who live through it. The story is set in Iraq in the 1990s. Amidst the suffering caused by food shortages due to the war, one person at school is assigned the role of "the president's cake" to celebrate the president's birthday. The person who gets chosen by lottery is a nine-year-old girl.
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The injustices brought about by war weigh even more heavily on the children who live through it. The story is set in Iraq in the 1990s. Amidst the suffering caused by food shortages due to the war, one person at school is assigned the role of "the president's cake" to celebrate the president's birthday. The person who gets chosen by lottery is a nine-year-old girl.