Tree Girl

Name: Tree Girl
Brand: Penguin Random House
Availability: InStock
Rating: 5 (2 reviews)
Author: Ben Mikaelsen
ISBN: 9780739372647

Author: Ben Mikaelsen

Narrator: Amber Sealey

Unabridged: 4 hr 37 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Listening Library

Published: 01/13/2009

Categories: Young Adult Fiction, Military Fiction, Family, Coming Of Age

Synopsis

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Based on a true story, this novel tells the heartwrenching story of a girl in the midst of civil war in Guatemala.

In her remote Guatemalan village, 14-year-old Gabriela is known as Tree Girl for her habit of fleeing to the forest and climbing high to escape the world. When guerrilla warfare comes to her area, her life is changed forever. Over dangerous miles and months of hunger and thirst, Gabriela’s search for her sister Alicia and for a safe haven becomes a search for self.

Praise for TREE GIRL:
“…an instructive and satisfying survival story.”—School Library Journal

About The Author

Ben Mikaelsen is the winner of the International Reading Association Award and the Western Writers of America Spur Award. His novels have been nominated for and won many state reader’s choice awards. These novels include Red Midnight, Rescue Josh McGuire, Sparrow Hawk Red, Stranded, Countdown, Petey, and Tree Girl. Ben’s articles and photos appear in numerous magazines around the world. Ben lives near Bozeman, Montana, with his 700-pound black bear, Buffy. You can visit Ben and Buffy online at www.benmikaelsen.com.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Sarah on July 01, 2015

[URL not allowed] Because of my own research to meet the 2005 Illinois public school mandate to teach about genocide, I learned about the genocide of 200,000 Mayans in the 1980s (part of three plus decades of civil war in Guatemala). Ben Mikaelsen's prose, author of Touching Spirit......more

Goodreads review by Sunny on August 11, 2010

Well written and very touching! Reading the book was like watching a war theme movie. It tells a shocking story through a young girl's eyes to show what wars can bring to human beings. I actually cried when I read about Gabriela's little brother who was found dead painfully yet peacefully during hid......more

Goodreads review by Dave on June 30, 2015

A pretty powerful and sometimes pretty graphic (meaning detailed, disturbing at times) novel written by Mikaelson, who was told this story by a survivor of the Guatemalan genocide that even this summer will be dealt with in the Guatemalan court. The details came from the girl who managed to make it,......more

Goodreads review by Lyndsey on July 26, 2019

Haunting story of survival, family, and culture.......more

Goodreads review by Judith on April 22, 2018

Powerful, based on a true story from the Guatemalan conflict. For older, as well as young, adults, but not for the faint of heart.......more