The Secret Tree

Name: The Secret Tree
Brand: Recorded Books
Availability: InStock
Author: Natalie Standiford
ISBN: 9781980080930

Author: Natalie Standiford

Narrator: Merissa Czyz

Unabridged: 4 hr 55 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Recorded Books

Published: 01/21/2020

Categories: Children's Fiction, Children's Social Themes

Synopsis

What is your secret? Minty's neighborhood is full of mysteries. There's the Witch House, a spooky old farmhouse on the other side of the woods from where Minty and her best friend, Paz, live. There's the Man Bat, a seven-foot-tall half man, half bat who is rumored to fly through the woods. And there are the Mean Boys, David and Troy, who torment Minty for no reason, and her boy-crazy older sister, Thea, who acts weirder and weirder. One day Minty spots a flash in the woods, and when she chases after it, she discovers a new mystery—a Secret Tree, with a hollow trunk that holds the secrets of everyone in the neighborhood. Secrets like: I put a curse on my enemy. And it's working. I'm betraying my best friend in a terrible way. No one loves me except my goldfish. "A charming and mysterious story of friendship, growing up, and keeping secrets."—BOOKLIST

About Natalie Standiford

Natalie Standiford was born and raised in Baltimore, Maryland, and studied Russian language and literature at Brown University and in the former Soviet Union. She has written many books for children and teens, including How to Say Goodbye in Robot, The Secret Tree, and Confessions of the Sullivan Sisters. Her book reviews and essays have appeared in The New York Times, The Washington Post, and the Los Angeles Review of Books. She lives with her husband in New York City, where she occasionally plays bass in rock bands with other restless writers. Find out more at NatalieStandiford.com.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Kelly on May 02, 2012

Minty (short for Araminta) has a simple life. She loves roller derby, spending time with her best friend Paz and annoying her older sister, Thea. But lately things are getting complicated. Paz is starting to spend more time with these other girls and leaving Minty out. Plus, there are all these weir......more

Goodreads review by Mark on July 01, 2012

"They all have their secrets, I thought. Each person's real life is a mystery. The fireworks exploded, commemorating a war for independence, while all around me people fought their private battles. Even the Mean Boys. Sister versus brother, friend versus friend, son versus father ... they all had pri......more

Goodreads review by TimeFliesAway on October 13, 2023

Das war toll! Ehrlich gesagt fand ich es etwas langweilig am Anfang, da es teilweise so ganz und gar nicht das war, was ich mir bei dem Cover und Titel vorgestellt hatte, aber ab ca. Seite 50, als Minty dann den Baum entdeckt hatte, wurde es richtig spannend! Zwar war es immer noch nicht das, was ich......more

Goodreads review by Caren on August 29, 2012

This book feels very true, very real-to-life. It is a perfect description of all of the little battles of growing up. Araminta (Minty) will be eleven at the end of the summer, and will begin middle school in the fall. In the meantime, however, she has to work through maturing at a different rate tha......more