Where the trees were
Where the trees wereInga Simpson

Where the trees were (2016)

Inga Simpson

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Kieran pulled me up, and the others followed. We gathered around the bigger tree. No one asked Matty - he just reached up and put his right hand on the trunk with ours. Kieran cleared his throat. 'We swear, on these trees, to always be friends. To protect each other - and this place.' Finding those carved trees forged a bond between Jay and her four childhood friends and opened their eyes to a wider world. But their attempt to protect the grove ends in disaster, and that one day on the river changes their lives forever. Seventeen years later, Jay finally has her chance to make amends. But at what cost? Not every wrong can be put right, but sometimes looking the other way is no longer an option.

ISBN:
9780349134413
Length:
302 pages

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I found this book entirely readable like it was very easy to read very easy to turn the pages I found that I liked all the themes this book was exploring. I think instead this novel explores this friendship group explores a life really tenderly and quite carefully and yeah I think it was really interesting and I liked her writing style

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