Book Characters
The optimistic narrator (telling the story) of the story. She is the neighborhood Wishtree.
Who is Red.
They are named after their "type". Many have the same name. For example ......Sugar Maple is named Sugar.
What are trees?
The word that was carved into Wishtree's bark.
What is "LEAVE"?
Per cent of a fully grown tree is alive at any given time.
What is 1 %?
It's true. I am an OPTIMIST. Old as I am, I've seen both good and bad. But I've seen far more good than bad. What does optimist mean?
Source: page 15.
Expecting the best possible outcome from any given situation. Being positive.
A ten year old Muslin Girl who just moved with her family into a suburban neighborhood.
Who is Samar?
They are named after pleasant smells.
What are skunks?
The date people make a wish on the Wishtree?
What is May 1st?
The name of a scientist who studies plants.
What is a Botanist?
Maeve was solid and plain, but when she smiles, it was like sunshine peeking through the clouds.
This is an example of what figurative language?
What is a simile?
She is the landlord who owns both houses and wants to cut the oak tree down,
Who is Francesca?
They are named after the bugs they enjoy eating.
What are frogs?
The significant gift did Bongo give to Samar.
What is a key attached to a long faded red ribbon?
Holes in a trunk or branch of a tree.
What are hollows?
TAP TAP TAP
BUZZ .....
These are examples of what figurative language?
What is Onomatopoeia?
He lives in the green house next door to Samar.
Who is Stephen?
They change their names on a whim. Sometimes they adopt human names.
What are crows?
The name and Maeve gave the baby she found, meaning "gift of love."
What is Amadora?
The amount of years a red tree can live.
What is 500 years?
The police never found the boy who carved LEAVE into my trunk. But a couple of weeks ago I saw him SAUNTER by. Define SAUNTER.
What is "walk in a slow, relaxed manner, without hurry or effort".
She is best friends with Red.
Who is Bongo?
Their parents forget to name them so they are all named YOU.
What are raccoons?
The name Bongo gave her favorite branch on Wishtree.
What is Home Plate?
Woodpeckers, fallen branches, lightning, disease or burrowing insects.
What are the ways hollows can be formed in trees?
This is unprecedented. Never have I sheltered so many babies. It just doesn't happen.
Define Unprecedented.
What is "never done or known before".