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Product Identifiers

PublisherLittle, Brown Books for Young Readers

ISBN-100316351482

ISBN-139780316351485

eBay Product ID (ePID)4061836555

Product Key Features

Book TitleAs Long As the Lemon Trees Grow

Number of Pages464 Pages

LanguageEnglish

TopicWar & Military, Romance / Contemporary, Social Themes / Emigration & Immigration

Publication Year2024

GenreYoung Adult Fiction

AuthorZoulfa Katouh

FormatTrade Paperback

Dimensions

Item Weight14.4 Oz

Item Length8.2 in

Item Width5.6 in

Additional Product Features

Intended AudienceYoung Adult Audience

Dewey Edition23

Reviews" As Long as the Lemon Trees Grow paints a stunning and often chilling portrait of the Syrian Revolution that will stay close to my heart. Zoulfa Katouh's driving narrative, beautifully drawn characters, and thoughtful prose bleed across the page. Resilience, loyalty, and bravery intertwine into the backdrop of war and siege, brutality and terror. Teens Salama and Kenan shine with the kind of hope and love that overcomes the greatest fear. Magnificent and moving ."-- Laura Taylor Namey, New York Times bestselling author of A Cuban Girl's Guide to Tea and Tomorrow and When We Were Them, " As Long As the Lemon Trees Grow is h auntingly beautiful . Katouh masterfully tells a story that's both painful and captivating, you won't be able to put the book down. Her characters are so achingly real they'll live with you weeks after you've finished reading . The story manages to embrace fear in the time of war, love in spite of loss, and hope in the face of darkness. I cannot stress it enough, this book is a must read. " -- Huda Fahmy author of Huda F Are You?

Grade FromNinth Grade

Grade ToCollege Graduate Student

Dewey DecimalF

SynopsisA love letter to Syria and its people, As Long as the Lemon Trees Grow is a speculative novel set amid the Syrian Revolution, burning with the fires of hope, love, and possibility. Perfect for fans of The Book Thief and Salt to the Sea . Salama Kassab was a pharmacy student when the cries for freedom broke out in Syria. She still had her parents and her big brother; she still had her home. She had a normal teenager's life. Now Salama volunteers at a hospital in Homs, helping the wounded who flood through the doors daily. Secretly, though, she is desperate to find a way out of her beloved country before her sister-in-law, Layla, gives birth. So desperate, that she has manifested a physical embodiment of her fear in the form of her imagined companion, Khawf, who haunts her every move in an effort to keep her safe. But even with Khawf pressing her to leave, Salama is torn between her loyalty to her country and her conviction to survive. Salama must contend with bullets and bombs, military assaults, and her shifting sense of morality before she might finally breathe free. And when she crosses paths with the boy she was supposed to meet one fateful day, she starts to doubt her resolve in leaving home at all. Soon, Salama must learn to see the events around her for what they truly are--not a war, but a revolution--and decide how she, too, will cry for Syria's freedom.