With sea-levels rising, and the land deforested, over-mined, and affected by bushfires and drought--Tasmania is increasingly marooned, its people abandoned. 
Nyx's father wants them to leave while they still can, but for Nyx, West Hobart is all she's ever known and where her mother is buried. She seeks solace in the single surviving tree near her home--an 80-foot pine that has defied all odds. Bea, too, finds solace in the tree, and facing a move to the mainland herself, leaves a despairing note, wedged into a hole in its trunk. Nyx finds the note and writes back. But Nyx and Bea don't realize how special their tree truly is . . .


Author: Rebecca Lim, Kate Gordon
Publisher: Walker Books Australia
Published: 08/06/2024
Pages: 240
Binding Type: Hardcover
Weight: 0.83lbs
Size: 7.80h x 5.10w x 0.70d
ISBN: 9781760659417
Audience: Ages 9-12


Review Citation(s): 
Publishers Weekly 05/20/2024
Kirkus Reviews 07/01/2024
Horn Book Magazine 09/01/2024 pg. 79