•In the Cemetery of the Orange Trees provides a fresh look on a misunderstood people, and a different perspective on Israel and the Palestinian diaspora. •This is the first novel set in Gaza on the Palestinian-Israeli conflict written by an English speaking writer.•It is about an American who discovers himself as a person in the middle of a refugee camp where animals can talk and dream. •On his second trip to Gaza in 1993, he saw two Palestinian boys playing with an injured bird with a string...
