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|author=Sumia Sukkar
|title=The Boy from Aleppo who Painted the War
|rating=4
|genre=General Fiction
|summary=This is a book about colour against the grey backdrop of the Syrian civil war. Adam, the 14-year-old narrator, is an artist who describes emotion, people and things in colour. Through colour, he makes sense of the world. So his sister, Yasmine, 'is usually ruby' although at times she is grey or green. Adam’s views are simple, uncomplicated – he says ‘Lying is bad’, ‘I don’t like the war’ and ‘[Paintings] always say the right things’.
|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1908998466</amazonuk>
}}
{{newreview
|summary=Alice and Sandra are dead. Ghosts trapped in the house they lived and died in, they have bickered and squabbled for years. Distraction for them comes in the form of a real, live family - Caroline, her daughter Minna, son Trenton, and Minna's daughter Amy. Arriving to mourn and sort affairs following the death of Minna and Trenton's father, arguments and old wounds soon open up.
|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1444760769</amazonuk>
}}
