Respect: Trees should be treated humanely, as animals are. That hurts! Trees protect themselves from injury. Lucky mushrooms: Trees intentionally work with fungi. My friend the tree: Trees help one another. Nursery school: Trees have personalities and are able to learn.Ĭhatterbox: Trees communicate in different ways, both with their own kind and with other creatures. These roots run deep: Trees interact in many different ways with the forest soil.Ī high rate of child mortality: Young trees live dangerous lives. Our planet’s lungs: Trees play a vital role in global water and carbon dioxide cycles. Introduction: What’s in it for me? Discover a hidden world. This struggle has led to some astonishing abilities: trees communicate with one another, give each other assistance, collaborate with fungi and other creatures, have memories and have even developed their own version of the internet! Trees are engaged in countless complex cycles and they constantly struggle for water, light and their own survival.
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The second volume, Cross Fire, was published in 2018, was nominated for the 2019 Locus Award for Best Young Adult Novel, and won the 2019 Aurora Award for Best YA Novel. Lee's Exo series for young adults was published by Scholastic beginning in 2017 with the first volume, Exo, which was well received by critics, was nominated for the 2017 Andre Norton Award, and won the 2018 Aurora Award for Best YA Novel in a tie. It received positive reviews from Publishers Weekly and Kirkus Reviews, which described it as "top-notch science fiction and a great sports novel too". Lee's debut young adult science fiction novel, Zeroboxer, was published by Flux Books and nominated for the 2016 Andre Norton Award. Lee is a martial artist and has earned black belts in karate and kung fu. Before becoming a full-time writer, she worked as a corporate strategist. She attended Stanford University where she earned her MBA. 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Undone By Her Tender Touch by Maya BanksĬontemporary romance in eBook edition that was published by Harlequin on and has 194 pages. This does not affect my opinion of the book or the content of my review. I received this book for free from the library in exchange for an honest review. |