Branches of Hope: The 9/11 Survivor Tree

By Ann Magee

Book Overview

"This true-life fable about a tree that survived 9/11 commemorates the attack while evoking a resilient spirit and the healing power of nature."
--Carole Boston Weatherford, author of Newbery Honor book BOX

"Branches of Hope is a tribute to resilience and hope, a gentle way to talk with our youngest readers about the memory of 9/11."
--Kate Messner, author of The Brilliant Deep: Rebuilding the World's Coral Reefs

The branches of the 9/11 Survivor Tree poked through the rubble at Ground Zero. They were glimpses of hope in the weeks after September 11, 2001.

Remember and honor the events of 9/11 and celebrate how hope appears in the midst of hardship. The Survivor Tree found at Ground Zero was rescued, rehabilitated, and then replanted at the 9/11 Memorial site in 2011. This is its story.

In this moving tribute to a city and its people, a wordless story of a young child accompanies the tree's history. As the tree heals, the girl grows into an adult, and by the 20th anniversary of 9/11, she has become a firefighter like her first-responder uncle. A life-affirming introduction to how 9/11 affected the United States and how we recovered together.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1623541328
• ISBN13: 9781623541323
• Release Date: May 2021
• Publisher: Charlesbridge Publishing
• Length: 32 Pages
• Weight: 1.00 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 8.2" x 10.2"
• Age Range: 4 to 7 years
• Grade Range: Preschool to Grade 2

Customer Reviews

Beauty after Tragedy

This story shares the American spirit of perseverance in the face of tragedy. It tells of the hope and beauty that came from in the form of a tree.