Book 2012

House held up by trees

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Publisher: Candlewick Press
Language: English
Published: 2012

Juvenile fiction
Abandoned houses
Forest regeneration

Built on a treeless yard by a family who cleared away all the sprouting trees on the property, a house is eventually abandoned and left to deteriorate on a lot that is gradually overrun by wild trees, in a poignant tale of loss, change, and nature's quiet triumph.