Description A special Edition for adults of the New York Times -bestselling novel about an oak tree and a crow who help their neighbors embrace their differences.
Katherine Applegate lives in Tiburon, California, with her family..
Her novel Crenshaw, spent over twenty weeks on the New York Times children\'s bestseller list, and her first middle-grade stand-alone novel, Home of the Brave continues to be included on state reading lists, summer reading lists, and class reading lists. "A beautifully written, morally bracing story that will leave its imprint on a reader of any age." -- The New York Times Book Review About the author Katherine Applegate is the author of The One and Only Ivan , winner of the Newbery Medal.
With a message of inclusion for dreamers and welcomers, this is a book for our lives and times.
When a new family moves in, not everyone is welcoming, and Red\'s experience as a Wishtree is more important than ever.
Along with a crow named Bongo and other animals who seek refuge in Red\'s hollows, this Wishtree watches over the neighborhood.
Red is the neighborhood "wishtree"--people write their wishes on pieces of cloth and tie them to Red\'s branches.
Red is an oak tree who is many rings old. . . .
Trees can\'t tell jokes, but they can certainly tell stories.
Description A special Edition for adults of the New York Times -bestselling novel about an oak tree and a crow who help their neighbors embrace their differences
