Wishtree
Square Fish · Print & ebook · March 28, 2023
A Middle Grade pick for readers exploring Wishtree.
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- Who it’s for
- A neighborhood story told by an oak, with humor, warmth, and room for difference.
- Themes
- Embracing differences, Welcoming newcomers, Community and belonging
- Genres
- Prejudice & Racism, Friendship, Diversity & Multicultural
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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.
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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.
A Tree’s View
A neighborhood story told by an oak, with humor, warmth, and room for difference.
Come here for
- An oak’s quietly surprising view of a neighborhood
- Warm humor alongside a thoughtful welcome to difference
Expect
- A reflective story with animal neighbors
- A thoughtful focus on who feels welcome
Where it sits
| Friendship | 43% |
|---|---|
| Diversity & Multicultural | 36% |
| Prejudice & Racism | 30% |
Percentages are BookFrontier’s reading of the book.
Publisher categories
- Trees & Forests
- Friendship
- Prejudice & Racism
- Authors
- Katherine Applegate
- Publisher
- Square Fish
- Published
- March 28, 2023
- Format
- Print & ebook
- Theme
- Embracing differences · Welcoming newcomers · Community and belonging
- Reading lane
- Trees & Forests