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What if you felt like you'd cried all the colours away? The heart-wrenching new story of friendship, loss and identity from the author of international bestseller As Long As the Lemon Trees Grow.<BR><BR>''Devastating and luminous' Kirkus Reviews (starred review)<BR><BR>'A powerful exploration of injustice, identity, and the radical act of making oneself feel seen' Publishers Weekly (starred review)<BR><BR>'A modern classic about what it means to live, to hope, to despair, and to keep living despite everything.' Ann Liang, author of I Hope This Doesn't Find You<BR><BR>'An incredibly tense, unpredictable read' Booklist (starred review)<BR><BR>Joining an exclusive high school should be a fresh start for Jihad after her mother's sudden death. But she's the only Muslim student there; her hijab and even her name make her new classmates suspicious.<BR><BR> Only one person treats her with kindness but Jihad can't help questioning his motives. It's hard to trust anyone when she meets indifference or hostility all around her. As tension mounts, she finds refuge in an old sketchbook and in the stories her mama used to tell her. She is determined to focus on making it to art school and a brighter future, but as she starts illustrating her mother's memories, her canvas becomes bigger than she could ever have imagined.<BR><BR> Can Jihad become as resilient as the true meaning of her name, and let the colour back into her life?<BR><BR>'A gorgeous magical story about the power and strength we find in our grief' Huda Fahmy, author of Huda F Are You?<BR>'A powerful, ­unflinching ­exploration of ­Islamophobia, identity, and grief' School Library Journal<BR><BR>An unputdownable story about family, friendship, grief and trust from a masterful writer of the genre.

Die junge Salama lebt inmitten der syrischen Revolution in Homs. Sie hilft im Krankenhaus aus, muss dort aber oft hilflos zusehen, wie Menschen sterben. Während ihr Land zerbricht, sucht sie fieberhaft nach Möglichkeiten, Syrien zu verlassen. Auch um ihre schwangere Schwägerin Layla, die einzige Überlebende ihrer Familie, in Sicherheit zu bringen. Im Krankenhaus lernt Salama den jungen furchtlosen Kenan kennen. Die beiden verlieben sich, doch Kenan will bleiben und mit Internetvideos auf das Leid in seinem Land aufmerksam machen. Salama muss sich entscheiden: zwischen Sicherheit und ihrer großen Liebe.- Ausgezeichnet mit dem Salon5-Jugendbuchpreis. - Hochtalentierte junge Autorin mit einzigartiger Stimme. - Thematisiert das Thema Flucht berührend, schonungslos offen und voller Hoffnung .

Salama Kassab era una estudiante de farmacia cuando empezaron a estallar los gritos de libertad en Siria. Todavía tenía a sus padres y a su hermano mayor; todavía tenía su casa? Tenía una vida de adolescente normal.Ahora, Salama trabaja como voluntaria en un hospital de Homs, ayudando a los heridos que atraviesan sus puertas a diario. Sin embargo, en secreto, está desesperada por encontrar una forma de salir de su querido país antes de que su cuñada, Layla, dé a luz. Tan desesperada que ha manifestado una encarnación física de su miedo en forma de su compañero imaginario Khawf, que la persigue en cada movimiento en un esfuerzo por mantenerla a salvo.Pero incluso con Khawf presionándola para que se vaya, Salama se debate entre la lealtad a su país y su convicción de sobrevivir. Salama debe enfrentarse a las balas y las bombas, a los asaltos militares y a su cambiante sentido de la moralidad antes de poder vivir por fin en libertad. Y cuando menos se lo espera, se cruza con un chico que lo cambia todo y las dudas la invaden de nuevo? ¿debería abandonar su hogar?Pronto, Salama deberá aprender a ver los acontecimientos que la rodean como lo que realmente son: no una guerra, sino una revolución.

A 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.

From the celebrated author of As Long as the Lemon Trees Grow comes a poignant novel about a Syrian American girl who uses a magical sketchbook to turn her grief into art, painting miraculous murals of her mother’s life in Syria.<BR><BR> Seventeen-year-old Jihad Dabbagh has always seen life with a heightened sense for colors, one of many magical blessings the women in her family possess. But Jihad's gift changes depending on her mood. When depression sets in, the world is a colorless oasis, and in the wake of her mother's sudden death, the world has become a permanent shade of grey. Broken by tragedy, Jihad's family doesn't believe her color loss. Her father sends her to the elite Braxton Academy to finish her senior year. There, Jihad's name and hijab put a target on her back. Her haven comes in the form of an old sketchbook carved from a tree in her hometown in Syria—a country she only knew through her mother's stories. Jihad hasn't picked up a brush in over a year, but finds herself channeling the colors of her hurt, pain, and grief as she paints the story of her mother's journey in Syria. When graffiti of that same mural starts magically popping up all over New York, her art goes viral and the world takes notice, the threat of legal consequences is imminent. To reclaim her voice, Jihad will have to paint a new future for herself and Braxton, guided by the resilience of her mother's story.

An epic, emotional, breathtaking story of love and loss set amid the Syrian revolution. Burning with the fires of hope and possibility, AS LONG AS THE LEMON TREES GROW will sweep you up and never let you go.<BR><BR>This brand new paperback edition contains exclusive bonus short story Joy. Set in the world of Lemon Trees, it features never-before-seen moments between Salama and Kenan. <BR> _______________<BR> <BR> SHORTLISTED FOR THE BRITISH BOOK AWARDS DISCOVER BOOK OF THE YEAR<BR><BR> 'This is an important book. Everyone should read it' - Elizabeth Laird, award-winning author of Welcome to Nowhere<BR> 'Wrenching and lyrical' - Samira Ahmed, New York Times bestselling author of Internment<BR> 'Hauntingly beautiful ... a must read' - Huda Fahmy, author of Huda F Are You<BR><BR>A year ago, before the revolution, Salama watched her brother marry her best friend, Layla, and wondered when her own love story might begin. Now she works at the hospital - helping those she can, closing the eyes of those she can't. Layla and her unborn baby are all Salama has left.<BR><BR> Unless you count Khawf. But he's a hallucination; a symptom of the horrors she's seen. Every day he urges Salama to leave. Every day she refuses.<BR><BR> Until she crosses paths with Kenan, the boy with the vivid green eyes, who wants to stay and risk his life for everything Syria could be .