The Letterbox Tree (Paperback)

Rebecca Lim

ISBN 10: 1760656208 / ISBN 13: 9781760656201

Published by Walker Books Australia, Newtown, 2023

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Paperback. Two of Australias 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. Nyxs father wants them to leave while they still can but, for Nyx, West Hobart is all shes 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 dont realise how special their tree truly is Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability. Seller Inventory # 9781760656201

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Title: The Letterbox Tree (Paperback)

Publisher: Walker Books Australia, Newtown

Publication Date: 2023

Binding: Paperback

Condition: new

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Finalist, 2023 Aurealis Awards

Two of Australia's most acclaimed and high profile writers co-author a sensitive and ultimately hopeful story about our growing climate crisis.

Nyx lives in the Tasmania of 2093 - deforested, over-mined and affected by bushfires and drought. With sea-levels rising, Tasmania is marooned and abandoned to its fate. Nyx's widowed father wants them to leave while they can, but for Nyx, West Hobart is all she has ever known, and where her mother is buried. She finds solace in the single living tree on the dusty reserve near her home, an 80-foot pine that has defied odds and survived the climate crisis.

Bea lives in present, beautiful, Tasmania and is facing a move to the mainland. She will miss the giant tree that she climbs to seek solace from bullies. One day she leaves a despairing note, the words pouring out her troubles, stuffed in a hole in its trunk. Nyx finds the note, and writes back. The girls begin a correspondence across two different time periods and they form a friendship that defies the logic of time. When Nyx faces life threatening fire and then floods, she must turn to her friend Bea to change the future.