The Ocean Would Paint Me Blue Format:Hardcover looking to the past to

looking to the past to warn us all about what can happen if we devalue teachers and public schools

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Rebecca Cokley

Piper wishes she could have a pet to care for and snuggle with and take to school for show-and-tell

The Ocean Would Paint Me Blue Format:Hardcover looking to the past toFrom 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 mother's 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 Jihad's gift changes depending on her mood. When depression sets in,