When Trees Testify by Beronda L. Montgomery Teen/Young Adult two estranged half-sisters tasked with

two estranged half-sisters tasked with guarding their family’s library of magical books must work together to unravel a deadly secret at the heart of their collection—a tale of familial loyalty and betrayal

he begins to see Leo as a friend—and then

The Great Gatsby meets Hellraiser

but to save— seeking cures for those everyone else has given up on

As a Holder’s daughter

When Trees Testify by Beronda L. Montgomery Teen/Young Adult two estranged half-sisters tasked withHow the Word Is Passed meets Braiding Sweetgrass in a cultural and personal reclamation of Black history and Black botanical mastery, shared through the stories of long lived trees. The histories of trees in America are also the histories of Black Americans. Pecan trees were domesticated by an enslaved African named Antoine; sycamore trees were both havens and signposts for people trying to escape enslavement; poplar trees are historically associated