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An orange cone shows up near the empty lot where stands a Valencia orange tree on Orange Street. What can it mean? It is all revealed through the residents and their interactions with the tree and one another. Drama, memory, crushes, magic tricks, words, there's lots in there, and it's very sweet. i'm curious to see if it appeals to the kids it's aimed at.
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A delightful series of intertwined stories about the kids and adults who make up one neighborhood, culminating in some unexpected twists and connections. This is a great selection for 4th and 5th grade teachers looking for a class readaloud.
I would call this a quiet story. Love the writing style, just a quiet story. Enjoyable.
Listened to audiobook. Relatively short story, but took me forever to finish, just not that interesting to me.
Jul 12, 2011
Angie
marked it as to-read
Aug 17, 2015
Kristen
marked it as to-read
