Mikki and Me and the Out-of-Tune Tree

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.

To make matters worse; her mum (bestselling author of Tammy Bracken's Guide to Modern Manners) has sent her dad packing - after discovering his behaviour has been far from...well-mannered.

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.

Funny; warm and a little offbeat; this highly entertaining novel hits all the right notes for middle-fiction readers.