Author: Helen Forrester
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780007712014
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 756

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Author: Katherine Graham
Publisher: Penguin Random House South Africa
ISBN: 143230805X
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 51

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When it’s pouring with rain, Gogo decides to pass the time by making some pancakes. But she soon discovers that the family has run out of three important ingredients: flour, eggs and milk. Without those, you can’t make pancakes. But clever Gogo has an idea. She sends Lungi and Sipho to a different neighbour to borrow what they need, and to take each of them a gift of lemons from the family’s lemon tree in return. And so, due to the kindness of the neighbours, Gogo and the eager children are finally able to make the pancakes. In The Lemon Tree, nominated for a prestigious Golden Baobab Prize in 2014, author Katherine Graham tells a simple, moral story with charm and an ability to transport the young reader evocatively into the moment. The story is beautifully illustrated by Wendy Paterson.

Author: Zoulfa Katouh
Publisher: Little, Brown Books for Young Readers
ISBN: 031635161X
Category : Young Adult Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 357

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A love letter to Syria and its people, As Long as the Lemon Trees Grow is a speculative novel set amid the Syrian Revolution, burning with the fires of hope, love, and possibility. Perfect for fans of The Book Thief and Salt to the Sea. Salama Kassab was a pharmacy student when the cries for freedom broke out in Syria. She still had her parents and her older brother; she still had her home. She had a normal teenager’s life. Now Salama volunteers at a hospital in Homs, helping the wounded who flood through the doors daily. Secretly, though, she is desperate to find a way out of her beloved country before her sister-in-law, Layla, gives birth. So desperate, that she has manifested a physical embodiment of her fear in the form of her imagined companion, Khawf, who haunts her every move in an effort to keep her safe. But even with Khawf pressing her to leave, Salama is torn between her loyalty to her country and her conviction to survive. Salama must contend with bullets and bombs, military assaults, and her shifting sense of morality before she might finally breathe free. And when she crosses paths with the boy she was supposed to meet one fateful day, she starts to doubt her resolve in leaving home at all. Soon, Salama must learn to see the events around her for what they truly are—not a war, but a revolution—and decide how she, too, will cry for Syria’s freedom.

Author: Helen Forrester
Publisher: HarperCollins UK
ISBN: 0007508239
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 279

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Timeless family drama from the best-selling author of Tuppence to Cross the Mersey. With over 3 million copies sold around the world, Helen Forrester’s hard-hitting and gripping fiction set in Liverpool continues to move readers.

Author: Helen Forrester
Publisher: HarperCollins UK
ISBN: 0007392176
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 262

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Timeless romance from the best-selling author of Tuppence to Cross the Mersey. With over 3 million copies sold around the world, Helen Forrester’s hard-hitting and gripping fiction continues to move readers.

Author: Ilil Arbel
Publisher: iUniverse
ISBN: 0595339824
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 96

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The Lemon Tree is the true story of a Siberian pioneer family's extraordinary year-long journey as they transport their late son's tiny lemon tree to Israel. Ten-year-old Sasha has one dying wish: he asks his family to take his lemon tree--the tree he raised from a seed floating in his tea--and plant it in an orchard in Israel. Nothing deters Sasha's family from fulfilling his dream. The Wissotzskys travel on cattle trains through the Trans-Siberian line, become stranded in Shanghai, are shot at by Manchurian officials, and face the constant threat of typhoid fever, as they overcome these and other harrowing obstacles on their 1918 journey. Against all odds, this real-life pioneer family perseveres in their quest to fulfill a child's dying wish. Can the little tropical tree survive the cold, harsh journey?

Author: Jamie L.B. Deenihan
Publisher: Union Square & Co.
ISBN: 1454941677
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 31

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When Grandma gives you a lemon tree, definitely don’t make a face! Care for the tree, and you might be surprised at how new things, and new ideas, bloom. “Charms from cover to cover.” —Kirkus (Starred review) “When life gives you lemons, make lemonade.” In this imaginative take on that popular saying, a child is surprised (and disappointed) to receive a lemon tree from Grandma for her birthday. After all, she DID ask for a new gadget! But when she follows the narrator’s careful—and funny—instructions, she discovers that the tree might be exactly what she wanted after all. This clever story, complete with a recipe for lemonade, celebrates the pleasures of patience, hard work, nature, community . . . and putting down the electronic devices just for a while.

Author: Keith D. M. Snell
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1351894013
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 642

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Pioneering and interdisciplinary in nature, this bibliography constitutes a comprehensive list of regional fiction for every county of Ireland, Scotland, Wales and England over the past two centuries. In addition, other regions of a usually topographical or urban nature have been used, such as Birmingham and the Black Country; London; The Fens; the Brecklands; the Highlands; the Hebrides; or the Welsh border. Each entry lists the author, title, and date of first publication. The geographical coverage is encompassing and complete, from the Channel Islands to the Shetlands. An original introduction discusses such matters as definition, bibliographical method, popular readerships, trends in output, and the scholarly literature on regional fiction.

Author: Nadia Marks
Publisher: Pan Macmillan
ISBN: 1509815732
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 276

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Escape to Greece in this moving story of love and secrets, set across a century of family history. From Nadia Marks, Among the Lemon Trees is a bestselling holiday romance and the perfect beach read. For fans of Victoria Hislop's Cartes Postales from Greece. Anna thought her marriage to Max would last forever. Having raised two happy children together, she looked forward to growing old with the man she loved. But, just before their wedding anniversary, a revelation from her husband shakes her entire world – and she's left uncertain of what the future holds. Needing time to herself, Anna takes up an offer from her widowed father to spend the summer on the small Aegean island of his birth – unaware that the chance discovery of letters in her aunt's house will unleash a host of family secrets. Kept hidden for sixty years, these letters reveal a tumultuous family history, beginning in Greece at the beginning of the twentieth century and ending in Naples at the close of the Second World War. Confronted by their family's long-buried truths, both father and daughter are shaken by the discovery. And Anna begins to realize that, if she is to ever heal the present, she must first understand the past . . . Travel further with Secrets Under the Sun and Between the Orange Groves by Nadia Marks. Praise for Nadia Marks: 'Utterly gripping' – Vanessa Feltz 'Poignant, uplifting' – Woman Magazine 'Atmospheric and emotion-packed' – Lancashire Evening Post

Author: Antonia L. Wilson
Publisher: Dorrance Publishing
ISBN: 1480924520
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 252

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The Courage to Love by Antonia L. Wilson Antonia L. Wilson’s The Courage to Love is a captivating novel of a ragtag group of individuals with diverse backgrounds who fate brings together. First is Lucia, who has spent years in prison for a crime she did not commit and balks at being released as she has no one and no idea how to survive on her own. A homeless man named Raul saves her from making the biggest mistake of her life and they decide to work together to stay alive. Along the way there are children to rescue and animals to protect. Raul is a loving, caring man who was willing to give everything he had and work his fingers to the bone to care for his “family” and his wisdom helped Lucia find her own creativity and strength to survive. The family became known for their kindness and hard work, attracting the attention of a judge, some policemen, and a lovely young woman of wealth, who would assist them on their journey. This is a story about a family with the ability to overcome difficult situations and find happiness and love. Raul teaches that children need to feel that they are loved and accepted, and should be encouraged to be the best they can be, regardless of the path they choose in life.