
The Pipe Tree
Lily Jessen(Author)
Emma Wood(Editor)
Children's Art Foundation - Stone Soup Inc. (Publisher)
Published on 15. March 2024
Book
Paperback/Softback
180 pages
978-0-89409-157-5 (ISBN)
Description
Éclair is a vibrant and free-spirited sparrow, who spends most of his days singing and begging for scraps of his favorite pastries from patrons at a local bakery. Then, one day, everything changes: lured in by a blueberry muffin, he is captured and brought to live in a cage in a Human Nest. As the days turn into weeks, Éclair and his captor, the Handkerchief Woman, forge an unlikely bond-and he slowly, reluctantly adapts to life away from the open skies. But, just as Éclair has begun to accept, and even embrace his new life, everything changes yet again. Éclair finds himself faced with a choice: to cling to the comfort of captivity or dare to dream of freedom once more. Will Éclair find the courage to spread his wings and soar beyond the confines of his cage?
This tender and thought-provoking novel serves as a powerful reminder that even in the face of despair, there is hope, redemption, and the promise of liberation.
More details
Language
English
Target group
Young adult
Interest Age: From 13 to 18 years
Product notice
Paperback (trade)
Unsewn / adhesive bound
Dimensions
Height: 203 mm
Width: 127 mm
Thickness: 10 mm
Weight
200 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-89409-157-5 (9780894091575)
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Lily Jessen is a poet, writer, and actress from Cape Elizabeth, Maine, where she lives with her family, her dog, cat, and a menagerie of chickens and ducks. She has written and published many short stories and poems in various publications through the Telling Room, Stone Soup Magazine, Skipping Stones, and Root and Star. When she isn't fanatically planning the complicated plot of her next story, you can find her participating in musical theater and Shakespeare performances, or singing in her chorus. She wrote The Pipe Tree in 8th grade, and is currently in 10th grade.