Regarding the Trees: A Splintered Saga Rooted in Secrets

by Kate Klise and M. Sarah Klise

Book Overview

Principal Walter Russ just wants a simple proposal to trim the overgrown trees outside Geyser Creek Middle School. So how does he end up with a wedding (rather than a weeding) proposal from designer Florence Waters? Meanwhile, a student camps out in a weeping willow tree behind the school; the sixth-grade class explores its roots; and a culinary rivalry develops in the cafeteria. A surprise event saves the day (and the trees, too)!
Includes...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0152060901
• ISBN13: 9780152060909
• Release Date: August 2007
• Publisher: Clarion Books
• Length: 160 Pages
• Weight: 0.25 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 4.9" x 7.4"
• Age Range: 8 to 12 years
• Grade Range: Grades 3 to 7

Customer Reviews

Read it!

I am a 9 year old girl and I think it is a really good book. Very surprising. In this book you have to figure out what is going to happen. It was really funny. I really liked Regarding the Fountain and Regarding the Sink too. Regarding the Trees was my favorite! Read it!

Regarding the book

This book was the third in the series. It wasn't as good as the other two but was pretty good. If you like books that are made up of letters you will love this book. It describes things that you wouldn't think could be described in letters. Kate Klise does a great job with her books especially with this series. Sarah Klise also does a great job with the pictures on the front and back cover.

A Fun Read

Though I am well above the 9-12 age group written on the back, I still very much enjoyed this book. Walter Russ, Principal of Geyser Creek Middle School, has a problem. The society of principals are coming to his school to evaluate EVERYTHING! Including the trees. The trees are a wreck and are in dire need of trimming. Florence Waters, president of Flowing Waters inc. and intimate friend of everyone at the Middle School, is asked for a proposal. She mistakes it as a wedding proposal. The plot winds off in many directions at once from boys vs. girls to unexpected marraiges to the tree trimming. Somehow, though, you manage to keep everything straight while reading. One event which spurs the change of relationships between many people is the competition between the towns two restaruant owners - Chef Angelo and Angel Fisch. There will be a cookoff to see who is the better chef. The girls of the town form their own society and support Angel while the boys support Angelo. This gives the book a thicker plot and a flair. I highly reccomend this fun read. I gaurentee you'll smile!

In A Class of Its Own...

Geyser Creek Middle School principal, Walter Russ - Mr. Russ to you trouble-making students - is scheduled for an evaluation from the school board, sending his teeth chattering. He now has a limited amount of time before the school must be in order, in an attempt to ace his review, and look great in front of the superintendent. The problem? The trees on the school campus are horrible, and could easily be labeled as a health hazard. So Mr. Russ enlists the help of designer Florence Waters to give him a hand. Unfortunately, his proposal for a new set of trees is mistaken as a wedding proposal, and soon Mr. Russ and Florence are rumored to be engaged. As if that weren't bad enough, Angelo, the new school cafeteria chef - an Italian who makes a mean meatball - has taken up residence in Mr. N's sixth-grade classroom. One of Mr. N's students has moved into the historic old weeping willow tree behind the school. And the boys and girls - as well as men and women - in the community of Geyser Creek have boycotted each other, waging an all-out battle of the sexes that is making co-existence near impossible. I have been a fan of Kate and M. Sarah Klise since I read their novel TRIAL BY JURY over 4-years-ago, and my affection for their books grows with each new release. REGARDING THE TREES is no exception. Told in alternating voices through faxes, letters, newspaper articles, historical papers, secret notes, and much more, REGARDING THE TREES is sure to entertain readers of all ages. The original, yet oh-so-interesting format is enjoyable, and makes you breeze through the story in record time, while the crazy characters that you encounter on each and every page make you wish that the story would go on forever. And don't forget the illustrations that bring the stars of the story to life. A hilarious book to accompany its equally hilarious predecessors, REGARDING THE SINK and REGARDING THE FOUNTAIN. Erika Sorocco Book Review Columnist for The Community Bugle Newspaper