Sep 20, 2021 | Current Ned Note, On Books, Reviews
New review of The Eagle Tree from South African writer Donvé Lee. When this tender complex story found me, I was steeped in pandemic misery, lamenting the suicidal trajectory humanity seems intent on following. The Eagle Tree, told in the voice of a fourteen-year-old...
Jan 12, 2021 | Current Ned Note, On Books, Past Notes, Reviews
A Review published on Patriot Press by Grace Twomey In July of 2016 The Eagle Tree by Ned Hayes had been released. The Eagle Tree tells the story of a young boy named March who absolutely loves trees. After finding out that an extremely rare and old tree nearby has...
Aug 23, 2020 | Current Ned Note, Past Notes, Reviews
New Book Review by Dragonfly.Eco: an exploration of eco-fiction The Eagle Tree by Ned Hayes (Little A, 2016) Young adult contemporary fiction Review by Kimberly Christensen To say that fourteen-year-old March Wong loves trees is an understatement. He climbs multiple...
Nov 18, 2018 | Current Ned Note, Past Notes, Reviews
A new commemorative limited hardcover edition of the bestselling novel The Eagle Tree by Ned Hayes has just been published. The new edition has a spectacular cover by Pacific Northwest author and artist Hal Schrieve, which was selected for the National Book Award Long...
Apr 28, 2016 | On Books, On Writing, Past Notes, Reviews
“The Eagle Tree is a gorgeously written novel that features one of the most accurate, finely drawn and memorable autistic protagonists in literature. The hero of the book is like a 14-year-old Walt Whitman with autism, seeking communion with the ancient...
Jul 7, 2015 | Past Notes, Reviews
“A considerable achievement… powerful and elegant… morally complex and challenging.” Wilderness of Mirrors is “about the events of 9-11 and the War on Terror, but of course it’s also generally about many other topics—religion, history, international politics, the...