Description
A month after the attacks on 9/11, a discovery was made at Ground Zero: a tree had endured the destruction. Dubbed the “Survivor Tree,” its roots were snapped and burned and its branches broken. But in the thoughtful care of the New York City Department of Parks and Recreation, the surviving Callery pear was nursed back to health.
This is the story of that treeits journey out from underneath the rubble, its recovery in the Bronx, and its eventual return home to the 9/11 Memorialand of a nation in recovery.
Honoring the legacy of the World Trade Center, the bravery of first responders, and the resilience of the city of New York, This Very Tree is a gorgeous, heartrending picture book whose triumphant story of survival speaks to America’s past while looking toward its future.
Author Information
Sean Rubin was born and raised in Brooklyn, New York. He is the illustrator of The Astronaut Who Painted the Moon: The True Story of Alan Bean, and the author/illustrator of the Bolivar series. In 2018, he was nominated for an Eisner Award for Bolivar. Sean graduated from Princeton University, where he met his wife, Lucy. They have two sons and live in Charlottesville, Virginia.
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