A love letter to Syria and its people,As Long as the Lemon Trees Grow is a speculative novel set amid the Syrian Revolutionburning with the fires of hopeloveand 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 big brother; she still had her home. She had a normal teenager’s life. Now Salama volunteers at a hospital in Homshelping the wounded who flood through the doors daily. Secretlythoughshe is desperate to find a way out of her beloved country before her sister-in-lawLaylagives birth. So desperatethat she has manifested a physical embodiment of her fear in the form of her imagined companionKhawfwho haunts her every move in an effort to keep her safe. But even with Khawf pressing her to leaveSalama is torn between her loyalty to her country and her conviction to survive. Salama must contend with bullets and bombsmilitary assaultsand 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 dayshe starts to doubt her resolve in leaving home at all. SoonSalama must learn to see the events around her for what they truly are–not a warbut a revolution–and decide how shetoowill cry for Syria’s freedom.