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''All in?'' Kieran pulled me up, and the others followed. We gathered around the bigger tree. No one asked Matty - he just reached up and put his right hand on the trunk with ours.

Kieran cleared his throat. ''We swear, on these trees, to always be friends. To protect each other - and this place.''

When Jay and her four childhood friends find a group of ancient trees carved by an Aboriginal tribe to identify sacred land, their eyes are opened to an older world. The tightly-knit group are at their most free on the river that runs through the farm, near the trees, and their childhood has a magical quality as they grow always closer, protected from the adult world. But as tension over land rights flickers in the grown-ups'' lives, the children''s attempt to protect the grove ends in disaster.

Seventeen years later, Jay finally has her chance to make amends. Not every wrong can be put right, but sometimes looking the other way is no lon

Where the Trees Were

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    A Paperback / softback by Inga Simpson

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      Publisher: Little, Brown Book Group
      Publication Date: Publication Date: 12/05/2016
      ISBN13: 9780349134413, 978-0349134413
      ISBN10: 0349134413
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      Description

      Book Synopsis

      ''All in?'' Kieran pulled me up, and the others followed. We gathered around the bigger tree. No one asked Matty - he just reached up and put his right hand on the trunk with ours.

      Kieran cleared his throat. ''We swear, on these trees, to always be friends. To protect each other - and this place.''

      When Jay and her four childhood friends find a group of ancient trees carved by an Aboriginal tribe to identify sacred land, their eyes are opened to an older world. The tightly-knit group are at their most free on the river that runs through the farm, near the trees, and their childhood has a magical quality as they grow always closer, protected from the adult world. But as tension over land rights flickers in the grown-ups'' lives, the children''s attempt to protect the grove ends in disaster.

      Seventeen years later, Jay finally has her chance to make amends. Not every wrong can be put right, but sometimes looking the other way is no lon

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