| The Wishing Tree Contributor(s): Thong, Roseanne (Author), McLennan, Connie (Illustrator) |
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ISBN: 1885008260 ISBN-13: 9781885008268 Publisher: Shen's Books OUR PRICE: $15.26 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: October 2004 Annotation: Every New Year, Ming and his grandmother visit the Wishing Tree, and every year his wish comes true-- until he makes his most important wish of all. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Juvenile Fiction | Social Themes - Death, Grief, Bereavement - Juvenile Fiction | Holidays & Celebrations - Other, Non-religious - Juvenile Fiction | Family - Multigenerational |
| Dewey: E |
| LCCN: 2004011950 |
| Physical Information: 0.4" H x 8.2" W x 10.2" (0.80 lbs) 32 pages |
| Themes: - Cultural Region - Asian - Event - Holiday - Topical - Death/Dying |
| Accelerated Reader Info |
| Quiz #: 86632 Reading Level: 4.7 Interest Level: Lower Grades Point Value: 0.5 |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: At the wishing tree on Lunar New Year with his grandmother Ming's wishes always seemed to come true, but one year the tree does not help, and he alone must make peace with the loss of his grandmother and the spirit of the tree. An enormous banyan tree with thick, leafy branches grew in the center of a village near an ancient temple in a green valley with a gurgling stream. Every Lunar New Year, Ming and his grandmother visited the Wishing Tree. Its branches were covered with wishes, each written on red and yellow paper fluttering in the breeze, secured by the weight of an orange. Grandmother warned him to wish carefully, and sure enough, Ming's wishes always seemed to come true. But one year-when Ming made the most important wish of his life-the tree let him down. The Wishing Tree is about the excitement of making wishes, the anticipation over waiting for them to come true and the futility of making unrealistic ones. It is also about the love between a boy and his grandmother, and the realization that sometimes, we already possess the most important things in life. |