As Long as the Lemon Trees Grow Author: Zoulfa Katouh-Best Quality Hardcover

Book Type: Young Adult / Historical Fiction / Contemporary War Drama

Description :

Set amid the turmoil of the Syrian revolution, As Long as the Lemon Trees Grow follows seventeen‑year‑old Salama Kassab, a pharmacy student whose world is upended when the cries for freedom echo across her homeland. Faced with escalating violence in her city, she volunteers at a hospital, helping wounded civilians and closing the eyes of those she couldn’t save. Haunted by war and burdened by loss, Salama also grapples with an internal companion—Khawf, a manifestation of her fear that urges her to flee. But when she meets Kenan, a boy with vivid green eyes determined to stay and fight for Syria’s future, Salama is torn: Does she escape for her own survival, or stay to try and save what remains of the life she knew? Interwoven with themes of love, resilience, sacrifice, identity and hope, the novel paints both the brutality of war and the enduring human spirit. The lemon trees themselves become a symbol of rootedness, memory, and what it means to belong—even when everything else is falling apart