{"product_id":"the-great-treehouse-war-isbn-9780147516718","title":"The Great Treehouse War","description":"\u003cb\u003eKids vs. parents! An epic treehouse sleepover! An awesome group of friends! An exciting new book from National Book Award finalist Lisa Graff.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWinnie's last day of fourth grade ended with a pretty life-changing surprise. That was the day Winnie’s parents got divorced and decided that Winnie would live three days a week with each of them and spend Wednesdays by herself in a treehouse between their houses, to divide her time perfectly evenly. It was the day Winnie’s seed of frustration with her parents was planted, a seed that grew until it felt like it was as big as a tree itself.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e By the end of fifth grade, Winnie decides that the only way to change things is to barricade herself in her treehouse until her parents come to their senses—and her friends decide to join. It’s kids vs. grown-ups, and no one wants to back down first. But with ten kids in one treehouse, all with their own demands, things get pretty complicated! Even if they are having the most epic slumber party ever.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e In the newest novel by beloved National Book Award finalist Lisa Graff, kids turn the tables on their parents, and all the rules are tossed out the window. But does Winnie have what it takes to hold her ground and keep everyone happy?\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis story, with a pitch-perfect middle grade voice and a zany yet poignant situation, is perfect for fans of Sharon Creech, Louis Sachar, and Jack Gantos.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePraise for Lisa Graff's novels:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Great Treehouse War\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"It’s kids vs. parents in epic fashion...Graff’s whimsical, original work is a breath of fresh air.\"—\u003ci\u003eSchool Library Journal\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Combining over-the-top storytelling with down-home wisdom, this [is] fun.\"—\u003ci\u003eBooklist\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"[Graff creates] a vibrant patchwork of personalities that gives voice to the power of friendship.\"—\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"A good-natured satire of helicopter parenting and a celebration of child ingenuity.\"—\u003ci\u003eHorn Book\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eLost in the Sun\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e*\u003c\/b\u003e \"Graff writes with stunning insight...consistently demonstrat[ing] why character-driven novels can live from generation to generation.\"—\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e, starred review\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e*\u003c\/b\u003e \"Weighty matters deftly handled with humor and grace.\"—\u003ci\u003eSchool Library Journal\u003c\/i\u003e, starred review\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"This [novel] speaks powerfully, honestly, almost shockingly about our human pain and...redemption. This book will change you.\"—Gary Schmidt, \u003ci\u003eThe Wednesday Wars\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Graff crafts a compelling story about a boy touched with tragedy....And like all the best stories, it ends at a new beginning.\"—Richard Peck, \u003ci\u003eA Year Down Yonder\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbsolutely Almost\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e* \"A perfect book to share with struggling readers.\"—\u003ci\u003eBooklist\u003c\/i\u003e, starred review\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e* \"Achingly superb.\"—\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e, starred review\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e* \"Graff’s...gentle story invokes evergreen themes of coming to appreciate one’s strengths (and weaknesses), and stands out for its thoughtful, moving portrait of a boy who learns to keep moving forward.\"—\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e, starred review\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"The patrons of my school library have been asking, 'Do you have any books like \u003ci\u003eWonder \u003c\/i\u003eby R.J. Palacio?' and now I have the perfect offering.\"—\u003ci\u003eBookPage\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eA Tangle of Knots\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“A beautiful world of deliciously interconnected stories.”—\u003ci\u003eEntertainment Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e, A-\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e*\u003c\/b\u003e “Subtle and intricate, rich with humor and insight, this quietly magical adventure delights.”—\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e, starred review\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e*\u003c\/b\u003e “Combining the literary sensibility of E. B. White with the insouciance of Louis Sachar, [this] should satisfy readers for years to come.”—\u003ci\u003eBooklist\u003c\/i\u003e, starred review\u003cb\u003ePraise for Lisa Graff's novels:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe Great Treehouse War\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"It’s kids vs. parents in epic fashion, and Graff’s not-quite-fantasy world is every kid’s dream....Graff’s whimsical, original work is a breath of fresh air. A strong addition to any middle grade collection.\"—\u003ci\u003eSchool Library Journal\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Combining over-the-top storytelling with down-home wisdom, this appealing chapter book is easy to booktalk and fun to read.\"—\u003ci\u003eBooklist\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"In this appealing faux-memoir, [Lisa Graff creates] a vibrant patchwork of personalities that gives voice to the power of friendship.\"—\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"It’s a good-natured satire of helicopter parenting and a celebration of child ingenuity, but mostly it’s all about what fun it is to live in a tree.\"—\u003ci\u003eHorn Book\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eLost in the Sun\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e*\u003c\/b\u003e \"Graff writes with stunning insight [and] consistently demonstrates why character-driven novels can live from generation to generation.\"—\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e *STARRED REVIEW*\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e* \"Graff creates layered, vulnerable characters that are worth getting to know.\"—\u003ci\u003eBooklist\u003c\/i\u003e *STARRED REVIEW*\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e*\u003c\/b\u003e \"[A]n ambitious and gracefully executed story.\"—\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e *STARRED REVIEW*\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e*\u003c\/b\u003e \"Weighty matters deftly handled with humor and grace will give this book wide appeal.\"—\u003ci\u003eSchool Library Journal\u003c\/i\u003e *STARRED REVIEW*\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e*\u003c\/b\u003e \"Characterization is thoughtful.\"—\u003ci\u003eBCCB \u003c\/i\u003e*STARRED REVIEW*\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"This is a novel that speaks powerfully, honestly, almost shockingly about our human pain and our human redemption. This book will change you.\"—Gary Schmidt, author of \u003ci\u003eThe Wednesday Wars\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Lisa Graff crafts a compelling story about a boy touched with tragedy and the world of people he cares about. And like all the best stories, it ends at a new beginning.\"—Richard Peck, author of \u003ci\u003eA Year Down Yonder\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbsolutely Almost\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e* \"Albie comes through significant emotional hardship to a genuine sense of self-worth.\"—\u003ci\u003eSchool Library Journal\u003c\/i\u003e, *STARRED REVIEW*\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e* \"A perfect book to share with struggling readers.\"—\u003ci\u003eBooklist\u003c\/i\u003e, *STARRED REVIEW*\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e* \"Achingly superb, Albie’s story shines.\"—\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e, *STARRED REVIEW*\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e* \"Graff’s...gentle story invokes evergreen themes of coming to appreciate one’s strengths (and weaknesses), and stands out for its thoughtful, moving portrait of a boy who learns to keep moving forward, taking on the world at his own speed.\"—\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e, *STARRED REVIEW*\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\"Lately the patrons of my school library have been asking, “Do you have any books like Wonder by R.J. Palacio?” and now I have the perfect offering.\"—\u003ci\u003eBookPage \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Maybe the wonder of Absolutely Almost is that it’s willing to give us an almost unheard of hero.\"—Betsy Bird, Fuse #8 Blog\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Graff...again draws on her ability to create rich lifeworlds for her characters to present a boy who is gifted in many ways....[T]his is a sharp portrait of an outsider’s inner perspective, and Albie’s coming to terms with himself will be cheered by many.\"--BCCB Reviews \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eA Clatter of Jars:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Graff is a master of the magical realism genre, and this offering is worthy of a spot in any middle grade collection.\"—School Library Journal\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Graff’s vivid character development and world building makes for tight plotting and nicely negotiable complexity. A great fit for fans of Louis Sachar’s \u003ci\u003eHoles\u003c\/i\u003e.\"—Booklist\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Graff’s prose and plot construction is as pleasing as ever, and \u003ci\u003eA Clatter of Jars\u003c\/i\u003e will appeal to a wide range of readers.\"—Bookpage\u003ci\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eA Tangle of Knots\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“Lisa Graff has created a beautiful world of deliciously interconnected stories that draw you in.”—Abby West, Entertainment Weekly, A-\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e*\u003c\/b\u003e “Subtle and intricate, rich with humor and insight, this quietly magical adventure delights.”—Kirkus Reviews *STARRED REVIEW*\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e*\u003c\/b\u003e “Combining the literary sensibility of E. B. White with the insouciance of Louis Sachar, Graff has written a tangle that should satisfy readers for years to come.”—Booklist *STARRED REVIEW*\u003cb\u003eLisa Graff\u003c\/b\u003e (lisagraff.com) is the critically acclaimed and award-winning author of\u003ci\u003e Far Away\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Great Treehouse War\u003c\/i\u003e, A Clatter of Jars, \u003ci\u003eLost in the Sun\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eAbsolutely Almost\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eA Tangle of Knots\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eDouble Dog Dare\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eSophie Simon Solves Them All\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eUmbrella Summer\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Life and Crimes of Bernetta Wallflower\u003c\/i\u003e,\u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eThe Thing About Georgie.\u003c\/i\u003e Lisa Graff’s books have been named to more than seventy state award lists and have been touted as best books of the year by booksellers, teachers, and librarians. \u003ci\u003eA Tangle of Knots\u003c\/i\u003e was long-listed for the National Book Award in 2013. Lisa Graff lives with her family just outside of Philadelphia. Follow her on Twitter @LisaGraff.\u003cb\u003eThe Last Day of Fourth Grade\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ea year before what happened happened\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThere are a lot of things you should probably know to understand why a bunch of kids decided to climb up a treehouse and not come down. But to really understand it, you’d have to go way back in time, and peek through the living room window of a girl named Winifred Malladi-Maraj, on her last day of fourth grade. Since time travel isn’t possible, you’ll just have to picture things. So picture this:\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAfter walking home from school, Winnie stepped through the front door, with her backpack over her shoulder. Winnie’s parents were sitting on the living room couch, with their hands in their laps. They were watching the front door, like they’d been waiting for their daughter for a long time.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWinnie pulled off her backpack and dropped it in the doorway. Buttons, who is the world’s greatest cat, wove his way between Winnie’s legs, like he knew she was about to need snuggling. “Mom?” Winnie said, squinting her eyes at her parents on the couch. “Dad?” She could tell right away that something weird was going on.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIt’s probably important to know that Winnie’s parents have never been exactly normal. Like, instead of playing board games after dinner, the way some families did, Winnie’s dad—a biologist—might sit her down for a slide show about his latest research on the beneficial properties of bat guano, which only made Winnie wish she’d never eaten dinner at all. Or Winnie’s mom—a mathematician—might try to explain her current work on the Conway’s thrackle conjecture, which only made Winnie wish she’d never grown ears.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e(Once, Winnie made the mistake of asking if she and her parents could play Boggle after dinner, and afterward she’d had to sit through a two-hour presentation of all of her parents’ many awards and grants—none of which, they informed Winnie, had been won playing Boggle—and a four-hour argument about whether or not Winnie’s dad had more awards than Winnie’s mom because there were simply more prizes for biologists than there were for mathematicians.)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e(Winnie never asked about Boggle again.)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBut finding her parents waiting for her on the couch together seemed especially weird to Winnie. Because, normally, Winnie’s parents weren’t even home when she got out of school. Normally, Winnie started her homework all by herself and then heated water on the stove exactly at 5:55 p.m., so the pot would be boiling and ready to put pasta in as soon as they got home. (Winnie’s parents were very precise about mealtimes.)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e(They were very precise about a lot of stuff.)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAnother weird thing Winnie noticed that afternoon was the way her parents were sitting. While she was standing in the doorway with Buttons weaving between her legs, she realized that she hadn’t ever seen both of her parents on the same couch before. When they watched television or sat with guests, Winnie’s mom usually squished herself against one couch arm, while her dad sat in the recliner on the far side of the room.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“What’s going on?” Winnie asked. Even Buttons let out a confused \u003ci\u003emew?\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“Come sit down,” Winnie’s mom replied, patting the couch cushion between herself and Winnie’s dad.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“Yes,” Winnie’s dad agreed. (That was another weird thing, Winnie noticed. Her parents \u003ci\u003enever\u003c\/i\u003e agreed.) “Have a seat. We marked a spot for you.”\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAnd that was the weirdest thing of all. There was a tiny X of masking tape stuck to the center of the middle couch cushion. Her parents, Winnie realized as she stepped closer, had measured out a spot for her, so that she’d be sitting exactly evenly between them—not one millimeter closer to one than the other.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBut Winnie, who was pretty used to her parents being weird, decided there was nothing to do but sit. Buttons sat, too, hopping right into her lap.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“Winifred,” her mom said. She cleared her throat. “Your father and I—”\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“Oh no,” Winnie’s dad cut in, putting up a hand to stop Winnie’s mom. “We agreed I would tell her. You got to tell Winifred about the tooth fairy.”\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWinnie’s mom frowned. “I don’t see how that’s pertinent, Varun. This is an entirely different—”\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“We discussed this,” Winnie’s dad argued. “But once again, you’re attempting to ruin—”\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWhile Winnie’s parents argued, Buttons purred a little louder in Winnie’s lap, scrunching his head under her hand. Winnie scratched and scratched at Buttons’s soft orange fur, while her parents argued and argued. Winnie watched her mom, so angry with her dad. She watched her dad, so furious with her mom. Her parents might have been acting weird, Winnie realized, but the fighting, that was completely normal.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAnd when she realized that, Winnie knew, deep in her gut, precisely why her parents had sat her down on that tiny X of masking tape.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“You guys are getting a divorce, aren’t you?” she asked them.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eHer parents stopped fighting at once. They turned, both together, and they stared at her.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“That’s the thing you were going to tell me, right?” Winnie said.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“Yes,” Winnie’s mom said, putting a hand on Winnie’s knee. “But don’t worry. We have a very sensible plan for how to divide your time equally between the two of us.”\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWinnie’s dad put a hand on Winnie’s other knee. “Exactly evenly,” he told her.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFor the next half an hour, Winnie sat precisely between her two parents, with one of their hands on each of her knees, as they explained their very sensible plan for her future.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThey’d found an unusual street, they told Winnie, a “real gold mine,” called Circle Road, just one block over from Winnie’s uncle Huck’s house.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWinnie scratched a little harder at Buttons’s neck.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCircle Road, Winnie’s parents explained, looped around on itself in a tiny circle, so that there was just enough space for two houses.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWinnie stroked Buttons’s soft belly.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWinnie’s mom would live in the two-story Colonial on the northernmost end of the circle, and Winnie would stay with her on Sundays, Tuesdays, and Fridays.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWinnie caressed the base of Buttons’s ears, just the way he liked.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eHer dad would live on the southernmost side of the street, in the yellow split-level (which might have \u003ci\u003eseemed \u003c\/i\u003esmaller than Winnie’s mom’s house, he informed his daughter, but was technically bigger, because of the square footage of the basement). Winnie would stay with him on Mondays, Thursdays, and Saturdays.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWinnie rubbed under Buttons’s orange chin.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBoth houses had sprawling backyards, they went on, which backed up onto each other.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWinnie nestled her cheek in the soft fur at the base of Buttons’s neck.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAnd at the exact center of Circle Road, her parents said, smack in between the two houses—and definitely \u003ci\u003enot \u003c\/i\u003e(they’d checked) on either parent’s property—was an enormous linden tree, with thick branches that reached in all directions. That’s where Winnie would stay on Wednesdays.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWinnie must’ve squeezed Buttons a little too tightly then, because he let out an angry \u003ci\u003emew!\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“I’m going to live in a \u003ci\u003etree\u003c\/i\u003e?” Winnie asked her parents. It was the first thing she’d said in thirty minutes.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“Don’t be ridiculous,” her mom said.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“You’ll be in a \u003ci\u003etreehouse\u003c\/i\u003e,” her dad clarified. “Your uncle Huck has already agreed to design it.”\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eHearing that made Winnie and Buttons feel a little bit better, because Uncle Huck was both an amazing uncle and a fabulous architect. (He was also the one who’d taught Winnie all about Artist Vision, which was something that would definitely come in handy later.) But still . . .\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“You really want me to live in a treehouse \u003ci\u003eevery Wednesday\u003c\/i\u003e?” Winnie asked, glancing from her mom to her dad and back again. “All by myself?”\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“It’s the only way to split things evenly,” her dad replied. “Since every week has seven days in it. Seven, you know, is not an even number.”\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“Yes,” Winnie’s mom said. “We went over and over it. That’s the only way it works. Three days with your father, three days with me, and one day on your own. Doesn’t that sound like a very sensible plan?”\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“Um . . . ,” Winnie began, glancing from her dad to her mom and back again. Buttons wasn’t quite sure how he felt about things, either. “I guess?” she said at last.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“I knew you’d think so,” her dad said with a smile. “It was my idea, after all.”\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“\u003ci\u003eYour \u003c\/i\u003eidea?” Winnie’s mom cried. “I very much disagree with \u003ci\u003ethat \u003c\/i\u003estatement, Varun.”\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“Oh, do you?” Winnie’s dad said. “What a shock, Alexis, that you feel the need to disagree with me.”\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“I’ll disagree with you when you take claim to \u003ci\u003emy \u003c\/i\u003eproposals, Varun.”\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAs her parents continued their argument, Winnie scooped up Buttons and headed down the hallway to her room. Neither of her parents seemed to notice that she’d left. 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