Sour Cherries: An Afghan Family Story Fiction Fantasy - Epic Literary Dystopian International Reading Association - Canada

International Reading Association - Canada winner

when her big brother is infuriating

it is only the mountains

Junior moves with his family to Roxboro

Lewis’s sophomore novel combines the quotable relatability

Sour Cherries: An Afghan Family Story Fiction Fantasy - Epic Literary Dystopian International Reading Association - CanadaAuthor Dezh Azaadand illustrator Nan Caos picture book Sour Cherries is a moving, personal story about an Afghan refugee child and the fruit that connects him to family and home. My favorite day is in the summer, picking cherries with my mother. Sour Cherries follows a summer day as an Afghan child learns to make sour cherry jam, stew, and tea with his mother, just like she learned from her mother. Pull the stem, pop the seedtogether, they carefully