num_pages: 262
description: ISBN 9781503936645 has been moved to this edition.Fourteen-year-old March Wong knows everything there is to know about trees. They are his passion and his obsession even after his recent fallsand despite the states threat to take him away from his mother if she cant keep him from getting hurt. But the young autistic boy cannot resist the captivating pull of the Pacific Northwests lush forests just outside his back door.One day March is devastated to learn that the Eagle Treea monolithic Ponderosa Pine near his home in Olympiais slated to be cut down by developers. Now he will do anything in his power to save this beloved tree including enlisting unlikely support from relatives classmates and even his bitter neighbor. In taking a stand March will come face-to-face with some frightening possibilities: Even if he manages to save the Eagle Tree is he risking himself and his mother to do it?Intertwining themes of humanity and ecology The Eagle Tree eloquently explores what it means to be part of a family a society and the natural world that surrounds and connects us.
language: English
title: The Eagle Tree
publisher: Little A