Book description
Daphne is unbearably sad and adrift. She feels the painful loss of her father acutely and seeks solace both in the security of her local library and the escape her phone screen provides by blocking out the world around her. As Daphne tries to make sense of what has happened…
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1 author picked The Girl Who Became a Tree as one of their favorite books. Why do they recommend it?
A grief-stricken girl, a library that is not what it seems, and a forest of memories.
I get lost in the world of this melancholy tree monster, told through poems. Sometimes, our grief grows confusing roots and branches. Sometimes, we need to walk through brambles to find our way home. This verse novel is inventive and heart-stoppingly real.
From Karen's list on middle-grade about monsters and facing our fears.
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