My Sister the Apple Tree: A Refugee Story of Hope and Resilience Chad Lucas A vibrant story about gender

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My Sister the Apple Tree: A Refugee Story of Hope and Resilience Chad Lucas A vibrant story about genderIn this moving picture book, inspired by the authors experience as a Syrian refugee, a child's profound love for his family's apple tree gives him courage when he must flee his homeland. When a young boy asks his parents why he doesnt have a brother or sister, his mother replies that on the day he was born, they planted an apple tree in their front yard. The apple tree is your sister, she says. At night, the boy wraps a blanket around his sister's