<b>NOTABLE BOOK: 2023 CBCA Book of the Year, Younger Readers</b><br><br><br>Eleven-year-old Alberta Bracken is having a terrible summer. After a bike-riding accident, caused by the local bully, her arm''s in a cast so she can''t do her most favourite holiday activity: boogie boarding at the local beach. And her little sister Clementine is EXTREMELY ANNOYING. <br><br>To make matters worse, her mum (bestselling author of <i>Tammy Bracken''s Guide to Modern Manners)</i> has sent her dad packing - after discovering his behaviour has been far from...well-mannered. <br><br>So when budding filmmaker Mikki Watanabe suggests they start a YouTube channel about the secret life of trees - Alberta is ALL IN. And when they discover their trees are earmarked for removal by the local council it''s suddenly a race against time to save them.<br><br>Funny, warm and a little offbeat, this highly entertaining novel hits all the right notes for middle-fiction readers.