Every Leaf a Hallelujah, Ben Okri
An environmental fairytale that speaks eloquently to the most pressing issues of our times. -Booker Prize-winning author of The Famished Road Ben Okri’s Every Leaf … Read more
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A Half-Built Garden, Ruthanna Emrys
According to Macmillan, this novel comes out in the summer of 2022: Ruthanna Emrys crafts a novel of extraterrestrial diplomacy and urgent climate repair bursting … Read more
Sea of Tranquility, Emily St. John Mandel
Coming in April 2022, this novel nods to Station Eleven and The Glass Hotel, and follows a teenager named Edwin into a Canadian forest and … Read more
The Island of Missing Trees, Elif Shafak
In The Island of Missing Trees, prizewinning author Elif Shafak brings us a rich, magical tale of belonging and identity, love and trauma, memory and … Read more
Tree Magic Series, Harriet Springbett
Thanks to the author for sending in information about her series. The following comes from her Bookshop info: Tree Magic (Book 1): A life fractured … Read more
Brown Girl in the Ring, Nalo Hopkinson
The rich and privileged have fled the city, barricaded it behind roadblocks, and left it to crumble. The inner city has had to rediscover old … Read more
Operation Redwood, S. Terrell French
Middle Grade Fiction Reviewed by Kimberly Christensen Shuffled off to his aunt and uncle’s house in San Francisco while his mom takes a work assignment … Read more
Dr. Wangari Maathai Plants a Forest, Rebel Girls
From the world of Good Night Stories for Rebel Girls comes the historical novel based on the life of Dr. Wangari Maathai, the Nobel Peace … Read more
If We Were Giants, Dave Matthews and Clete Barrett Smith
Yes, it’s the Dave Matthews we all love. For his debut novel, Dave Matthews found inspiration close to home.He was recording music in New Orleans … Read more
Ned Hayes’ The Eagle Tree
The Eagle Tree by Ned Hayes (Little A, 2016) Young adult contemporary fiction Review by Kimberly Christensen To say that fourteen-year-old March Wong loves trees … Read more
Where the River Runs Gold, Sita Brahmachari
Click here to return to the series The global novel exists, not as a genre separated from and opposed to other kinds of fiction, but … Read more
The Philodendrist Heresy, Interview with Jed Brody
About The Philodendrist Heresey Danielle Gasket’s search for ancestral secrets is imperiled by warring factions that agree about nothing but that Danielle must die. Danielle’s … Read more
Treed
Author: © Virginia Arthur Publication Date: September 20, 2018 Ordering: Barnes & Noble, Kobo, Amazon Social Media: Author’s website, Goodreads Back to the Dragonfly Library … Read more
Beneath the Mother Tree, D.M. Cameron
A spine-chilling mystery and contemporary love story, Beneath the Mother Tree plays out in a unique and wild Australian setting, interweaving Indigenous history and Irish … Read more
Wilder Girls, Rory Power
From Hypable: Wilder Girls by Rory Power follows Hetty as she looks for her friend, braving a world outside of quarantine and discovering the truth … Read more