The mulberry tree

Summary: Ten-year-old Immy and her family have run away from their storm cloud of problems to a tiny village in Cambridgeshire, England, where her depressed physician father can take a sabbatical and get back on his feet. Luckily, they find an adorable thatched cottage to begin a new life in. But their new home comes with one downside: in the backyard, there is an ancient, dark, and fierce-looking mulberry tree that has ceased bearing any fruit. There's a legend that the towering tree steals away girls who live in the cottage on the eve of their eleventh birthday, and villagers even cross the street when they pass by the house. Of course, Immy thinks this is all ridiculous. But then she starts to hear a strange song in her head...--description provided by publisher.

Item details

ISBN: 9781536207613
ISBN: 1536207616
Physical Description: print
287 pages ; 21 cm
Edition: First U.S. edition.
Publisher: Somerville, Massachusetts : Candlewick Press, 2020.
Copyright: ©2018

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General Note:

"First published by Walker Books (Australia) 2018"--Title page verso.

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