The Lemon Tree (Young Readers' Edition)

An Arab, a Jew, and the Heart of the Middle East

By: Sandy Tolan

Narrated by: Rami Medina

Bloomsbury presents The Lemon Tree (Young Readers' Edition) by Sandy Tolan, read by Rami Medina.

The tale of friendship between two people, one Israeli and one Palestinian, that symbolizes the hope for peace in the Middle East.

“Makes an incredibly complicated topic comprehensible.”—School Library Journal

In 1967, a twenty-five-year-old refugee named Bashir Khairi traveled from the Palestinian hill town of Ramallah to Ramla, Israel, with a goal: to see the beloved stone house with the lemon tree in its backyard that he and his family had been forced to leave nineteen years earlier. When he arrived, he was greeted by one of its new residents: Dalia Eshkenazi Landau, a nineteen-year-old Israeli college student whose family had fled Europe following the Holocaust. She had lived in that house since she was eleven months old.

On the stoop of this shared house, Dalia and Bashir began a surprising friendship, forged in the aftermath of war and later tested as political tensions ran high and Israelis and Palestinians each asserted their own right to live on this land. Adapted from the award-winning adult book and based on Sandy Tolan’s extensive research and reporting, The Lemon Tree is a deeply personal story of two people seeking hope, transformation, and home.©2020 Sandy Tolan (P)2020 Bloomsbury Publishing Plc

Historical story of an Arab, a Jew, and their love of the Holy Land

This book read like a novel and made Palestinian-Israeli history come alive. Very poignant and heart felt.

ALL FACTUAL

This Jewish/ Palestinian deadly conflict is very complicated. All I have ever been taught in the US is that ( as author stated) the Jewish people are the victims and the Arabs are the attackers. This had biased me into believing that false narrative But after watching a series on the TV that shows the Secret Service of Israel doing what they do to keep Israel safe from Palestinians I began to question the tactics used against the Palestinians. Then Israel’s recent excessive bombing of all Palestinians and depriving them of water, food, etc and the the UN reminding Israel that those oppressive practices are registered as war crimes; I knew I had to learn for myself this complicated history. I am grateful for hearing about this book and have now decided to buy the two books and make timelines of the many conflicts and world leaders involved in all things related to Gaza and the Jewish state.

The simplicity of the book yet very complex issue

I loved how this book gives a true understanding of the Palestinian Israeli conflict, and how it is fact based.

A lot of history

This book provides at of historical information but with a good storyline. I recommend it to get a good understanding of.