My Olive Tree | Hazar Elbayya palestine

My Olive Tree | Hazar Elbayya palestineIn this simple, touching picture book about the healing power of a loving community, a girl's grandpa and her neighbors help her grow an olive tree in a war torn land. Salam's grandpa says that olive trees are strong and that their roots run deep in their Palestinian land. They connect everyone from the farmer who presses the olives into oil to the baker who uses the oil in his taboon. Salam plants her own seed and is eager to see it grow. She waits

In this laugh-out-loud funny sequel to the graphic novel Huda F Are You

Growing up in Pakistan

and a courageously honest portrait of a woman making peace with a body that gets the job done but refuses to meet the expectations of others

'Slinky and witty and clever' – Holly Black

but that hasn't stopped her from thinking about her every day and hoping she's okay

and follow as Jeevan learns how to cook traditional food (it turns out he can cook sabji-- he just can't eat it)

a tragedy and an infectious teenage fever dream about what home means when you feel you don’t fit in

Then the unimaginable happens--after an accidental run-in with the son of her village's corrupt landlord

Beautifully presented

Height: 7 inches

Faizah loves being part of the community at her mosque

as we cherish Ramadan nights