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3) Wishtree
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.2 - AR Pts: 3
Description
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 her crow friend 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 experiences as a wishtree are more important than ever.
4) The hero two doors down: based on the true story of friendship between a boy and a baseball legend
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.3 - AR Pts: 4
Formats
Description
Eight-year-old Steve Satlow is thrilled when Jackie Robinson moves into his Jewish neighborhood in Brooklyn in 1948, although many of his neighbors are not, and when Steve actually meets his hero he is even more excited--and worried that a misunderstanding over a Christmas tree could damage his new friendship.
7) Come on up!
Author
Series
Pub. Date
©1981
Description
Lucy thinks the tree is too high to climb, but then a dog changes her mind.
Author
Series
Guardians of Ga'Hoole volume 12
Pub. Date
c2007
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.5 - AR Pts: 6
Description
The golden age which is expected from the Great Ga'Hoole Tree turns gradually worse as the owls' young king hunts for the truth about his ancestry.
12) The dead boys
Author
Pub. Date
[2010]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.3 - AR Pts: 5
Description
Timid twelve-year-old Teddy Mathews and his mother move to a small, remote desert town in eastern Washington, where the tree next door, mutated by nuclear waste, eats children and the friends Teddy makes turn out to be dead.
15) The Secret Tree
Author
Pub. Date
2012
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 3.5 - AR Pts: 6
Description
After sixth grader Minty discovers a secret tree with a hollow trunk that holds the secrets of everyone in the neighborhood, Raymond, a new boy drawn to the tree and Minty start watching their neighbors.
16) Stuck
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.4 - AR Pts: 1
Description
When Floyd's kite gets stuck in a tree, he tries to knock it down with increasingly larger and more outrageous things.
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.2 - AR Pts: 1
Description
As the autumn season sets in, Fletcher is very worried his beautiful tree has begun to loose all of its leaves. Whatever Fletcher attempts to do to save them, it's simply no use. When the final leaf falls, Fletcher feels hopeless... until he returns the next day to a glorious sight. A tender, uplifting tale about acceptance and hope for the future. 'Captivating' Publishers Weekly 'Preschoolers will love being in on the joke, even as they marvel at...