The Ocean Would Paint Me Blue Adventure and their hilarious misadventures of

and their hilarious misadventures of the heart will have you laughing until your sides hurt

Mo is safe inside his head

recently orphaned twelve-year-old Aarzu detests the way she and her younger sister get treated like extras and excluded from all the fun stuff

singing “Zaytoon

she learns new ways to say thank you

The Ocean Would Paint Me Blue Adventure and their hilarious misadventures ofFrom the celebrated author of As Long as the Lemon Trees Grow comes a poignant novel about a Syrian American girl who uses a magical sketchbook to turn her grief into art, painting miraculous murals of her mothers life in Syria. Seventeen year old Jihad Dabbagh has always seen life with a heightened sense for colors, one of many magical blessings the women in her family possess. But Jihads gift changes depending on her mood. When depression sets in,