What if you felt like you'd cried all the colours away? The heart-wrenching new story of friendship, loss and identity from the author of international bestseller As Long As the Lemon Trees Grow.
''Devastating and luminous' Kirkus Reviews (starred review)
'A powerful exploration of injustice, identity, and the radical act of making oneself feel seen' Publishers Weekly (starred review)
'A modern classic about what it means to live, to hope, to despair, and to keep living despite everything.' Ann Liang, author of I Hope This Doesn't Find You
'An incredibly tense, unpredictable read' Booklist (starred review)
Joining an exclusive high school should be a fresh start for Jihad after her mother's sudden death. But she's the only Muslim student there; her hijab and even her name make her new classmates suspicious.
Only one person treats her with kindness but Jihad can't help questioning his motives. It's hard to trust anyone when she meets indifference or hostility all around her. As tension mounts, she finds refuge in an old sketchbook and in the stories her mama used to tell her. She is determined to focus on making it to art school and a brighter future, but as she starts illustrating her mother's memories, her canvas becomes bigger than she could ever have imagined.
Can Jihad become as resilient as the true meaning of her name, and let the colour back into her life?
'A gorgeous magical story about the power and strength we find in our grief' Huda Fahmy, author of Huda F Are You?
'A powerful, unflinching exploration of Islamophobia, identity, and grief' School Library Journal
An unputdownable story about family, friendship, grief and trust from a masterful writer of the genre.
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Jihad's self-erasure and gradual reclamation of her confidence resonate deeply, and Katouh renders the bullying she endures with honesty. The portrayals of Syrian American identity, Muslim faith, and diaspora experiences are authentic and lyrical, and Jihad and Jamie's relationship, rooted in shared longing and cultural questioning, is tender and well-paced.
Devastating and luminous.
Katouh follows As Long as the Lemon Trees Grow (2022) with an intense contemporary novel centering 17-year-old Jihad Dabbagh, an artist and daughter of Syrian parents who emigrated to Queens, N.Y. It has been one year since her mother's shocking death. Colors used to whisper to Jihad. Now, she sees the world in grayscale, manifesting her grief and depression. Jihad's father sends her to Braxton Academy, a prestigious, mostly-white private school, for her senior year to increase her chances of getting into NYU. Jihad can't tell him she dreams of attending art school in San Francisco. At Braxton, Jihad's name and hijab inspire Islamophobia that escalates into bullying and abuse. Only Jamie, the gorgeous, kind boy assigned as her orientation "buddy," befriends and protects her. Jihad escapes into recreating scenes from her mother's life in a mysterious found sketchbook. Miraculously, the images appear as colorful murals across New York City, causing a social media frenzy. This is an incredibly tense, unpredictable read. Jamie and Jihad's budding relationship is the only relief, and it is beautiful to witness. Fans of multi-accolade Sabaa Tahir's All My Rage (2022) will be on the edge of their seats, utterly invested in a vulnerable protagonist who survives betrayal, neglect, and loss, ultimately finding the strength to thrive.
― Booklist (starred review)Contraportada
Biografía del autor
Zoulfa Katouh is a Canadian writer with Syrian roots. A trilingual pharmacist, currently pursuing a master's in drug sciences, Zoulfa is the first Syrian author to be published in both the US and the UK in the young adult category. When she's not talking to herself in the woodland forest, she's drinking iced coffee, baking aesthetic cookies and cakes, and telling everyone who will listen about how BTS paved the way. A dream of hers is to get Kim Nam-joon to read one of her books. As Long As the Lemon Trees Grow is her debut novel.
Twitter: @thelemonwitch_
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