The Lemon Tree: An Arab, A Jew and the Heart of the Middle East (Young Readers' Edition)
Author: Tolan, Sandy
Reading Metrics
Grade Level
Middle Grades Plus (MG+ 6 and up)
Book Level
7.6
Points
8.0
Fiction/Nonfiction
Nonfiction
Word Count
43244
Points per Word
0.000185
Page Count
196
Points per Page
0.040816
Description
This adaptation for young readers tells the true story of the friendship between Bashir Khairi, a Palestinian man, and Dalia Eshkenazi Landau, an Israeli woman, whose families both had lived in the same home. Text contains occasional graphic violence.