Finding Ourselves in New Soil When I first read The Island of Missing Trees by Elif Shafak, I was moved by how a single fig tree could symbolize belonging, loss, and adaptation. “To be uprooted is to be displaced not only from the soil that held you but also from the language, the smells, the sounds, the very air that gave you life.” - Elif Shafak (2021) This idea resembles to the experience of multilingual learners (MLs) in international schools. Much like the transplanted

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