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Chapters 1-7

• The following version of this book was used to create this Lesson Plan: Applegate, Katherine. Wishtree. Feiwel and Friends, 2017. E-book.

• Applegate includes an epigraph at the start of the novel in the form of a poem by Mary Carolyn Davies from 1924.

• The poem is entitled “Be Different to Trees” (vii) and its lines revolve around the idea that only those who are quiet enough to truly listen are the ones who will gain the most wisdom.

• Chapter 1 begins on page 1.

• The protagonist of the children’s novel is Red, a 200-year-old oak tree.

• Red narrates the novel in the first person.

• This guide uses the pronoun ‘they’ to refer to Red,

• Red discusses the way in which “It’s hard to talk to trees,” adding, “We’re not big on chitchat” (1).

• Red explains the “complicated” nature of the relationship between humans and trees, noting that one...

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