The Island of Missing Trees bilingual when she has to flee

when she has to flee her house

Maybe it’s Big Sal HIMSELF

Writers and illustrators from all around Southeast Asia were challenged to push the boundaries of depicting the unseen through the medium of visuals and words

he worries that his memory of her is slipping away

The Island of Missing Trees bilingual when she has to fleeWritten by Elif Shafak paperback Two teenagers, a Greek Cypriot and a Turkish Cypriot, meet at a taverna on the island they both call home. The taverna It is 1974 on the island of Cyprus. Two teenagers, from opposite sides of a divided land, meet at a tavern in the city they both call home. The tavern is the only place that Kostas, who is Greek and Christian, and Defne, who is Turkish and Muslim, can meet, in secret, hidden beneath the blackened beams