Zeyn Joukhadar
3 SeriesZeyn Joukhadar is an acclaimed author known for the novels "The Map of Salt and Stars" and "The Thirty Names of Night." "The Map of Salt and Stars" won the 2018 Middle East Book Award in Youth Literature and was a finalist in the 2018 Goodreads Choice Awards for Historical Fiction. "The Thirty Names of Night" was selected as a December 2020 Indie Next Book Pick.
Author: Zeyn Joukhadar In "The Map of Salt and Stars," Nour's life changes dramatically after her father's death from cancer in 2011. Her family relocates from New York City to Syria, only to find the country engulfed in war. Faced with escalating violence, they must decide whether to remain in Syria or embark on a perilous journey across seven countries in the Middle East and North Africa in search of safety.
