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Wishtree
by Katherine Applegate
This is one of those middle grade books that has been following me around. I think someone recommended it to me, and then I might have bought it at some library book sale but then misplaced it. I don't even recall putting it on my audiobook library Wants list, and yet it popped up. So I listened.
And I couldn't stop.
Told in the perspective of a very old tree in a neighborhood where once a year everyone ties their wishes to the tree (and only on that day do all the creatures who live/hang out in that tree stay away), I was immediately charmed. It is clever and funny and sweet and silly and moving and layered. Perfect for middle schoolers. PERFECT.
In short, a family moves in and someone in the neighborhood makes it clear that their kind are not welcome. So the tree and its birdy BFF decided to intervene. What happens is beautiful.
This book is about community, acceptance, friendship, life, love, nature. So many things.
If I cannot find the copy I thought I bought for my kids, I will go get a new one. It is that perfect.
And I couldn't stop.
Told in the perspective of a very old tree in a neighborhood where once a year everyone ties their wishes to the tree (and only on that day do all the creatures who live/hang out in that tree stay away), I was immediately charmed. It is clever and funny and sweet and silly and moving and layered. Perfect for middle schoolers. PERFECT.
In short, a family moves in and someone in the neighborhood makes it clear that their kind are not welcome. So the tree and its birdy BFF decided to intervene. What happens is beautiful.
This book is about community, acceptance, friendship, life, love, nature. So many things.
If I cannot find the copy I thought I bought for my kids, I will go get a new one. It is that perfect.