Luna & Me: The True Story of a Girl Who Lived in a Tree to Save a Forest

Once there was a redwood tree--one of the world's largest and tallest trees, and one of the oldest. And once, born nearly a thousand years after the tree first took root, there was a girl named Julia, who was called Butterfly.

When exploring her beloved forest, Butterfly wandered into a grove of ancient trees. One tree had broken branches and a big blue X on the side. It was going to be chopped down. Butterfly climbed up into the tree. A tree wouldn't be cut down if it had a person living in it. This is the story of Julia Butterfly Hill and Luna, the redwood tree she lived in for two years, never once coming down. That is, not until Luna's future was safe.

Publisher: Henry Holt & Company
Published: 05/12/2015
Pages: 40
Weight: 1lbs
Size: 9.30h x 11.20w x 0.50d
ISBN: 9780805099768
Age: Ages 9-12

Accelerated Reader:
Reading Level: 3.5
Point Value: 0.5
Interest Level: Lower Grade
Quiz #/Name: 181508 / Luna & Me: The True Story of a Girl Who Lived in a Tree to Save a Forest


Review Citation(s):
Kirkus Reviews 02/01/2015
Publishers Weekly 04/27/2015
School Library Journal 05/01/2015 pg. 133
Hornbook Guide to Children 07/01/2015 pg. 210 - Below Average, With Minor Flaw

About the Author
Jenny Sue Kostecki-Shaw is the author and illustrator of My Travelin' Eye and Same, Same But Different, for which she won the Ezra Jack Keats New Illustrator Award and the South Asia Book Award. A freelance illustrator who studied at the Kansas City Art Institute and the Illustration Academy, Jenny lives in the mountains of Northern New Mexico with her family.