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Violence
A lot
War violence and its medical aftermath; deaths including of civilians and children; the Syrian civil war is depicted with historical authenticity
Language
Barely any
Clean language throughout
Sexual Content
Barely any
No significant sexual content; a tender romantic connection
Substance Use
Barely any
None
Emotional Intensity
A lot
The sustained psychological weight of surviving a war while everyone you love is dying or fleeing; one of the most emotionally affecting YA novels about the Syrian conflict
What this book is about
Salama is a pharmacy student in besieged Homs, Syria, treating the wounded of the civil war while trying to get her pregnant sister-in-law to safety. Zoulfa Katouh's debut YA novel draws on real events and her own family's experience—it is loving and devastating in equal measure.
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War violence including civilian casualties and children dying
Deeply emotionally affecting—the Syrian conflict depicted with personal intimacy
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