Orange Street is funny, warm, and wonderful full of the everyday magic of true community. Kate Messner, author of The Brilliant Fall of Gianna Z The kids who live on Orange Street have always played in the empty lot around the big Valencia orange tree. Its branches are perfect for climbing. Its leaves are cool and shady. And its oranges are the most wonderfully juicy oranges in the whole world. But the tree also holds a mystery one that ties together a heart-shaped stone, a stranger with a sketch pad, and a bright orange ...
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Orange Street is funny, warm, and wonderful full of the everyday magic of true community. Kate Messner, author of The Brilliant Fall of Gianna Z The kids who live on Orange Street have always played in the empty lot around the big Valencia orange tree. Its branches are perfect for climbing. Its leaves are cool and shady. And its oranges are the most wonderfully juicy oranges in the whole world. But the tree also holds a mystery one that ties together a heart-shaped stone, a stranger with a sketch pad, and a bright orange traffic cone. The puzzle will affect every one of the kids on Orange Street. Over the course of an eventful day and a half, Ali, Robert, Bunny, and Leandra plan and fight and daydream under the branches of the orange tree. The fate of the tree (and the kids who care for it) hangs on their choices, which are connected in surprising ways. Everyone s keeping a secret or two including the orange tree. . ."
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