Wishtree
An old red oak tree tells how he and his crow friend Bongo help their human neighbors get along after a threat against an immigrant family is carved into the tree's trunk.
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Toleration > Juvenile fiction. Trees > Juvenile fiction. Crows > Juvenile fiction. Wishes > Juvenile fiction. Friendship > Juvenile fiction. |
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- ISBN: 9781250043221
- Physical Description 215 pages : illustrations ; 20 cm
- Edition First edition.
- Publisher [Place of publication not identified] : [publisher not identified], 2017.
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Wishtree
An oak tree and a crow help their neighbors embrace their differences in this beautiful, nuanced, New York Times -bestselling middle-grade novel from Newbery Medalist author Katherine Applegate. Trees can't tell jokes, but they can certainly tell stories. . . . Red is an oak tree who is many rings old. Red is the neighborhood "wishtree"--people write their wishes on pieces of cloth and tie them to Red's branches. Along with a crow named Bongo and other animals who seek refuge in Red's hollows, this wishtree watches over the neighborhood. You might say Red has seen it all. Until a new family moves in. Not everyone is welcoming, and Red's experience as a wishtree is more important than ever. Funny, deep, warm, and nuanced, this is Katherine Applegate at her very best--writing from the heart, and from a completely unexpected point of view. This book has Common Core connections.