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The Letterbox Tree
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Two of Australia’s most acclaimed and high-profile writers co-author a sensitive and ultimately hopeful story about our growing climate crisis.
With sea levels rising, and the land deforested, over-mined, and affected by bushfires and drought, Tasmania is increasingly marooned, its people abandoned. Nyx’s father wants them to leave while they still can, but for Nyx, West Hobart is all she’s ever known, and where her mother is buried. She seeks solace in the single surviving tree near her home - an 80-foot pine that has defied all odds.
Bea, too, finds solace in the tree, and facing a move to the mainland herself, leaves a despairing note, wedged into a hole in its trunk. Nyx finds the note and writes back. But Nyx and Bea don’t realise how special their tree truly is…
The Letterbox Tree unfolds as a tender story of connection, hope, and resilience in the face of environmental challenges.
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The Letterbox Tree by Rebecca Lim and Kate Gordon is a compelling children’s novel that skilfully combines themes of friendship, climate change, and survival. Targeted at readers aged 10–14, it communicates a strong message about the impact of present actions on the future. Structured with alternating perspectives, the book has been praised for its heartfelt writing, relatable characters, and engaging plot lines, resonating emotionally with young adults concerned about environmental issues. The friendship between the main characters, Bea and Nyx, is highlighted as a touching core element of the story.
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ISBN: 9781760656201
Publisher: Walker Books Australia
Format: Paperback / softback
Date Published: 03 May 2023
Country: Australia
Imprint: Walker Books Australia
Audience: Children
DIMENSIONS
Width: 128.0mm
Height: 199.0mm
Weight: 174g
Pages: 240
About the Author
Rebecca Lim is an award-winning writer, illustrator and editor and the author of over twenty books, including Tiger Daughter (a Victorian Premier's Literary Award-winner), The Astrologer's Daughter (A Kirkus Best Book and CBCA Notable Book) and the bestselling Mercy. Her work has been shortlisted for the Prime Minister's Literary Awards, NSW Premier's Literary Awards, Queensland Literary Awards, CBCA Book of the Year Awards and Foreword INDIES Book of the Year Awards, shortlisted multiple times for the Aurealis Awards and Davitt Awards, and longlisted for the Gold Inky Award, the Margaret and Colin Roderick Literary Award and the David Gemmell Legend Award. She is a co-founder of Voices from the Intersection and co-editor of Meet Me at the Intersection, a groundbreaking anthology of YA #OwnVoice memoir, poetry and fiction.
Kate Gordon grew up in a very bookish house, in a small town by the sea in Tasmania. After studying performing arts and realising she was a terrible actor, Kate decided to become a librarian. She never stopped writing and, in 2009, she applied for and won a Varuna fellowship, which led to all sorts of lovely writer things happening. Kate's first book, Three Things About Daisy Blue, was published in 2010. Her most recent publications are the middle-grade novels in the "Direleafe Hall" series, and Aster’s Good, Right Things, which won the CBCA Book of the Year for Younger Readers.
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