Wishtree
Wishtree
By Katherine Applegate and Illustrated by Charles Santoso
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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.
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About the contributor(s)
About the contributor(s)
Katherine Applegate is the author of The One and Only Ivan, winner of the Newbery Medal. Her most recent novel, Crenshaw, spent more than twenty weeks on the New York Times children's bestseller list, and her first middle-grade standalone novel, Home of the Brave, continues to be included on state reading lists, summer reading lists, and class reading lists. Katherine lives in Tiburon, California, with her family.
Charles Santoso loves drawing little things in his little journal and dreams about funny, wondrous stories. He is the creator of Happy Hippo and has illustrated many books, including Ida, Always– written by Caron Levis, which was mentioned in the New York Times as “an example of children’s books at their best” and the New York Times bestseller Wishtree and Odder books by Katherine Applegate. He moves around between different countries to live and work but calls Sydney, Australia home.
Book details
Book details
ISBN: 9781250233899
Publisher: Square Fish
Date published:
Page count: 240
Categories, genres & themes: Juvenile Fiction / Social Themes / Prejudice & Racism, Juvenile Fiction / Science & Nature / Trees & Forests, and Juvenile Fiction / Social Themes / Friendship
Ages: 8 to 12
