The Map of Salt and Stars

Jennifer Zeynab Joukhadar

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For fans of The Kite Runner, a magical yet very moving story of one young Syrian girl's journey to find her way home.LONGLISTED FOR THE WILBUR SMITH ADVENTURE WRITING PRIZE 2019

In 2011, the peace of the Syrian city of Homs is disturbed by protests and shelling. A young girl, Nour, is forced to flee across the Levant and North Africa in search of safety. 800 years before, Rawiya, disguised as a boy and apprenticed to a famous map maker, set out on an epic quest to chart the globe, following the very same route. In The Map of Salt & Stars, the tales of these two heroines coming of age in perilous times interweave, and shine a light on a country in turmoil, human resilience and the power of stories.