The Fig Tree: A Story about Building Friendship and Peace in Cyprus - Hardcover
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The Fig Tree: A Story about Building Friendship and Peace in Cyprus
In The Fig Tree, war separates two sides of an island, and a solitary tree brings together two children across the divide, in this touching picture book about peace, community, and forgiveness--written by award-winning author Costantia Manoli and illustrated by Leah Giles.
On the sunny island of Cyprus, a tall and lonely fig tree stands. Her fruit ripens, yet no one comes to share it. Years of...Costantia Manoli, award-winning author of Tomatoes in My Lunchbox, was born in the United Kingdom to Cypriot parents. She spent the picture book period of her life in London contending with a name that even she has difficulty pronouncing in English, and her middle-grade and young adult years in Cyprus, the USA and the UK. She now lives on the outskirts of a hot, dusty village in Cyprus where her...
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