Victoria's Novel Study Blog

Page 55-95 The event of finding a tree with peoples secrets hiding inside a hole in it's trunk is highly unlikley.  That is not something that would probably ever happen in real life and is very out of the ordinary. Which makes it hard to believe because that would never happen. " I found the piece of paper from a tree in the woods." page 67.  Something like this would probably never happen and thats why its important for the story because throughout it she finds secrets written on paper in the trunk of a tree. The main character Paz and her friend Raymond, start sneaking around and spying on people in their neighbourhood to see who's secret is who's. I personally would not go around stalking people because its creep but i guess in her situation its what she had to do to figure it out. "Where's she sneaking off too?". page 84. They are spying on one of their neighbours, which they do quite frequently throughout the book. Secrets Each snowfl...

WEEK TWO Page 3-55 The setting in the novel is in a friendly neighbourhood where everyone knows each other and gets along quite well. There is also a forrest across the street from the neighbourhood, where the secret tree is. The setting is very important to the novel because this is where the secret tree is and it could not happen anywhere else. "We live on Woodlawn Road, a dead-end street, one side lined with cookie-cutter houses, the other side lined with woods." pg.15. This quote explains the setting of the novel very well because everything that happens in the book happens in this neighbourhood and it is very significant because this is the whole setting of the story. The point of view in the story is from the main character, Minty Fresh. She is a young girl in grade six, who has a passion for roller durby. The book follows her through her adventures in life. The point of view would not be the same if it was from another character and the whole story would have t...

  Title: The Secret Tree Author: Natalie Standiford Publisher: Scholastic Inc. Copyright Date: 2012 Number of Pages: 245 My Reason For Choosing This Novel: I chose this book because the kids in it are around my age so I can relate to them. I also don't really like to read unless its a mystery book, and this is. It tells the story of how two friends found a tree that has peoples secrets inside of it, and they are trying to figure out who's is who's in their neighbourhood. Its a very intriguing story filled with lots of adventure and it makes me want to keep reading it, which I like. Overall, I really like this book and I have read it multiple times because I enjoy it so much!