My Sister the Apple TreeBy: Jordan Scott, Jamal Saeed Illustrator: Zahra Marwan In this moving picture book, inspired by the authors experience as a Syrian refugee, a child's profound love for his family's apple tree gives him courage when he must flee his homeland. When a young boy asks his parents why he doesnt have a brother or sister, his mother replies that on the day he was born, they planted an apple tree in their front yard. The apple tree is your sister, she says.