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A 2024 LAMBDA AWARD FINALIST

This enchanting, modern homage to Pinocchio reminds us anything is possible if we''re true to ourselves. —Cynthia Leitich Smith, award-winning author of Ancestor Approved and Sisters of the Neversea

Eleven-year-old Matteo has never felt like one of the other boys. He’s sure that will change when he joins the Blue Whales, the baseball team his dad once played for. This is his chance to grow into a son his father can be proud of.

And grow Matteo does, but not the way he expected. Instead, he starts sprouting leaves and finding bark all over his skin. Alarmed, Matteo starts digging for the truth about what’s happening to him—and finds that all clues lead back to the oak tree at the center of town, which Creeksiders have always believed is a little bit magic. As his parents start noticing something is wrong, the truth gets harder to hide

Matteo

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      Publisher Harper Collins
      Imprint Collins
      Published 23 May 2023
      ISBN-13 9780063119918
      978-0063119918
      ISBN-10 0063119919

      Description

      Book Synopsis

      A 2024 LAMBDA AWARD FINALIST

      This enchanting, modern homage to Pinocchio reminds us anything is possible if we''re true to ourselves. —Cynthia Leitich Smith, award-winning author of Ancestor Approved and Sisters of the Neversea

      Eleven-year-old Matteo has never felt like one of the other boys. He’s sure that will change when he joins the Blue Whales, the baseball team his dad once played for. This is his chance to grow into a son his father can be proud of.

      And grow Matteo does, but not the way he expected. Instead, he starts sprouting leaves and finding bark all over his skin. Alarmed, Matteo starts digging for the truth about what’s happening to him—and finds that all clues lead back to the oak tree at the center of town, which Creeksiders have always believed is a little bit magic. As his parents start noticing something is wrong, the truth gets harder to hide

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