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1. Discuss the significance of Wishtree's dedication and epigraph.

Katherine Applegate dedicates the book to "newcomers and for welcomers” and in this way, she creates an environment of comfort and warmth in the opening pages of the novel. As an epigraph, Applegate opens with a poem by Mary Carolyn Davies entitled, “Be Different to Trees.” It describes the wisdom of trees, which can only be heard by those who listen closely and pay attention.

2. What happens every year on Wishing Day?

On Wishing Day, which occurs on the first of May each year, everyone in the neighborhood comes to attach a piece of cloth or a piece of paper to one of Red's branches. Each object attached to one of Red's branches has a wish written on it, one that the wisher hopes will come true as a result of the luck brought by Red's centuries-old presence.

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