Reading Guides

Reading Guides for Students and Teachers **

Each Digital Download Includes: 

1. Student Reading Guide- chapter guided worksheets with comprehension questions, creative reflections, chapter activities, vocabulary/glossary if applicable and historical content page if applicable.
2. Teacher Guides- includes book summary, sensitive content note, suggested reading age, grading rubric, sample answers, extension questions/projects. 

Each guide may differ in structure, depth, and style depending on the content of the book.  

The Lemon Tree by Sandy Tolan is a nonfiction book about the Israeli-Palestinian conflict told through the true story of Bashir Khairi, a Palestinian man, and Dalia Eshkenazi Landau, an Israeli woman. Their lives become connected through one house in Ramla, where Bashir’s family once lived before they were displaced and where Dalia’s family later settled after fleeing Europe.

The book blends history, personal story, conflict, loss, identity, forgiveness, and the difficult search for peace. It gives readers a human window into a deeply complex conflict, centered around one home, one lemon tree, and two families carrying generations of pain and hope. 🍋

Best fit: Readers ages 14+, especially students ready for serious nonfiction, world history, Middle East studies, human rights discussions, conflict analysis, and mature conversations about displacement and reconciliation.

Content note: Includes war, trauma, displacement, political violence, grief, and complex historical themes.