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My sister the apple tree a refugee story of hope and resilience

A young boy forms a deep bond with an apple tree planted on the day of his birth, and after fleeing his homeland, he carries the tree with him to a new home, finding a lasting connection to both places as it grows.

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors:	Scott, Jordan, 1978- (Author), Saeed, Jamal, 1959- (Author)
Other Authors:	Marwan, Zahra, 1989- (Illustrator)
Format:	Books Print Book
Language:	English
Published:	New York : Random House Studio, 2025.
Edition:	First edition.
Subjects:	Refugees > Juvenile fiction. Apples > Juvenile fiction. Trees > Juvenile fiction. Picture books.
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Summary:	A young boy forms a deep bond with an apple tree planted on the day of his birth, and after fleeing his homeland, he carries the tree with him to a new home, finding a lasting connection to both places as it grows.
Physical Description:	1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 23 cm.
Audience:	Ages 4-8.
ISBN:	9780593808412 059380841X 9780593808429 0593808428
Author Notes:	Jordan Scott is a poet and children's author. His debut children's book, I Talk Like a River , was a Schneider Family Book Award recipient, a New York Times Best Children's Book, and has been translated into nineteen languages. His other picture books include My Baba's Garden , a Charlotte Zolotow Honor Book and New York Public Library Best Book of the Year, and Angela's Glacier , which received four starred reviews. He lives on Vancouver Island and teaches at the UBC School of Creative Writing. Jamal Saeed is an activist, editor, visual artist, and author who spent years as a prisoner of conscience in Syria before fleeing to Canada with his family as refugees in 2016. He continues to raise awareness about Syria's ongoing civil war and humanitarian crisis through his work. This is his first picture book. Jamal lives in Kingston, Ontario. Zahra Marwan grew up in two deserts: one close to the sea in Kuwait, the other close to the mountains in New Mexico. She is the author-illustrator of Where Butterflies Fill the Sky: A Story of Immigration, Family, and Finding Home , which was a New York Times /New York Public Library Best Illustrated Children's Book, an NPR Best Book and recipient of an Ezra Jack Keats Honor for Illustration. Zahra lives in Albuquerque, New Mexico, where she keeps a small studio at the Harwood Art Center.