These Olive Trees av Aya Ghanameh

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<b>The story of a Palestinian family’s ties to the land, and how one young girl finds a way to care for her home, even as she says goodbye.</b><br><br>It’s 1967 in Nablus, Palestine.<br><br>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 <i>stomp stomp stomps</i> 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. <br><br>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.<br><br>Debut author-illustrator Aya Ghanameh boldly paints a tale of bitterness, hope, and the power of believing in a free and thriving future.