Tree Dreams

A Novel

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Pub Date 10 Apr 2018 | Archive Date 27 Mar 2018

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Description

When seventeen-year-old Jade Reynolds witnesses a violent clash between a protesting tree sitter and a local logger, she runs as far as she can from the battles that plague her home and from the mysteries of the redwood forest. But the ancient redwoods are embedded in her psyche—she feels their call even in the dark and forgotten back alleys of Portland, Oregon where she’s hiding out. She soon becomes entangled with a lovable misfit and a band of radical slackers, environmentalists, and anarchists, and finds herself living 100 feet high in the canopy of a redwood grove, trying to decide whose side she’s on: the logging community she’s known her entire life or the environmentalists who are risking their lives for the future of the forest. To find a way beyond the division between Us and Them, Jade turns to the ancient trees themselves—and the thread-thin web that connects us all. Tree Dreams is an eco-literary, coming of age novel relevant for teenagers and adults alike, for this rite of passage asks the same of us all—whatever our age or life stage, we each must discover our one true voice, and learn how to offer it to the world.

When seventeen-year-old Jade Reynolds witnesses a violent clash between a protesting tree sitter and a local logger, she runs as far as she can from the battles that plague her home and from the...


Advance Praise

"Kristin Kaye’s coming of age novel artfully places her young heroine in the midst of the burning questions facing the entire world, such as climate change and culture wars. At the same time, she manages to weave her into a discovery of the ancient human connections to both trees and dreams. This is a work of wit and imagination that informs as it inspires; it also marks a trail of encouragement for the mutual lives of people and trees." 

—Michael Meade, author of The Genius Myth and Why the World Doesn’t End

"As much as Tree Dreams pulses with the ancient call to find our way home, Kristin Kaye's story of loss and redemption is also fresh, edgy and thrilling. Her prose inhales and exhales and speaks to the best in us, reminding us that sometimes we must face an ache rooted deeply inside. We must risk everything, including our identity and comforts, to find the truth we are searching for."

 —Maura Conlon-McIvor, author of FBI Girl: How I learned to Crack My Father’s Code

"Told with lyrical clarity and evocative detail, Tree Dreams reminds us that what’s real is in our hearts, and is bigger than our small, human selves."
— Julia Stoops, author of Parts per Million

"Kristin Kaye’s coming of age novel artfully places her young heroine in the midst of the burning questions facing the entire world, such as climate change and culture wars. At the same time, she...


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Featured Reviews

Tree Dreams is an enchanting and pleasant read. Kristin Kaye has a distinctive writing style that had me hooked from the very beginning and left me wanting to know more. Personally, I would have wanted more world-building, but it did not ruin the overall feel of the story.
I would definitely recommend this book if you are a fan of New Adult contemporary books, as you will very much enjoy this story.

I look forward to reading many more of Kristin Kaye's work.

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