Middle Grade Monday: Wishtree, by Katherine Applegate
Another beautiful blue cover! Title: Wishtree Author: Katherine Applegate Publication Info: Feiwel And Friends, 2017. 254 pages (hardback) Source: Library digital resources Publisher’s Blurb: 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. My Review: Wishtree was the selection for the March book of the month for the Great Middle Grade Reads group on Goodreads. I was a little hesitant as I started it, both because a few people who’d gotten an earlier start on it didn’t entirely like it, and because of the timing. It’s a book that deals, in part, with anti-Muslim ha...