Page-turner and making my flight go much faster. #youngadult #teenromance

#middlegrade

Such a lovely story about three middle school siblings in the 1980s navigating family dysfunction, failing grades, new friendships, and figuring out where they belong in this world. Set during the months & days leading up to the Challenger Disaster of 1986. I loved 12-year-old Bird‘s schematics interspersed throughout the book. #middlegrade

This one deserves all the praise and awards. A treasure of a book, and for everyone. ❤

“....messy stretches of species-rich vegetation with all their attendant invertebrate life are better, just better, than the eerie, impoverished silence of modern planting schemes and fields. I wonder how we might learn to align our aesthetic and moral landscapes to fit that intuition. I wonder.“

Best book I read in 2018, by miles. A sweeping and beautiful truth-telling about our interconnectedness and the great ancient wisdom of trees. Loved the structure of the book (it begins like a collection of seemingly disconnected short stories in “Roots” - stick with it.) A contemplative and meditative read, leaving me with character stories I won‘t soon forget, and a forever changed perspective on our place in this world.