These olive trees
Call Number
- JE OUR TOWN GHAN (CEN, EAS, OSH)
Publication Information
New York : Viking, an imprint of Penguin Random House LLC, 2023.
Physical Description
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 24 x 29 cm
Audience
Age range: 3-5.
Summary
"It's 1967 in Nablus, Palestine. Oraib loves the olive trees that grow outside the refugee camp where she lives. Each harvest, she and her mama pick the small fruits and she eagerly stomp stomp stomps on them to release their golden oil. Olives have always tied her family to the land, as Oraib learns from the stories Mama tells of a home before war. But war has come to their door once more, forcing them to flee. Even as her family is uprooted, Oraib makes a solemn promise to her beloved olive trees. She will see to it that their legacy lives on for generations to come. Debut author-illustrator Aya Ghanameh boldly paints a tale of bitterness, hope, and the power of believing in a free and thriving future."--Page [2] of cover.
Notes
"A Palestinian Family's Story"--Cover.
Subjects
- Families > Palestine > Juvenile fiction.
- Palestinian Arabs > Juvenile fiction.
- Olive > Juvenile fiction.
- Refugees > Juvenile fiction.
- Children and war > Juvenile fiction.
- Ethnobotany > Juvenile fiction.
- Human-plant relationships > Juvenile fiction.
- Intergenerational relations > Juvenile fiction.
- Nablus > History > 20th century > Juvenile fiction.