Oranges in No Man's Land

Title: Oranges in No Man’s Land

Author: Elizabeth Laird

Grade Level: 5&6th

Pages: 99

            Ayesha is Lebanese; she lives in the capital, Beirut. She lives in a bullet-ridden apartment with no running water and lots of other refuge neighbors. The “Green Line” divides the city because Lebanon is the middle of a terrible civil war. Ayesha’s Grandmother takes care of her and her two younger brothers. One day, Grandmother must lie down because she is sick. Each day she grows worse and worse. Ayesha knows that a doctor can help her Grandmother, but the doctor lives across the Green line. Can Ayesha brave the fighting and no-man’s land to cross the Green line and find the doctor?