What is a long summary I could put down for the WishTree? One-page summary.

Red is the neighborhood “wishtree”—people write their wishes on pieces of cloth and tie them to Red's branches. Along with her crow friend Bongo and other animals who seek refuge in Red's hollows, this “wishtree” watches over the neighborhood.

There are two main conflicts in this book. One of the conflicts is that a girl named Samar is the only Muslim kid in the neighborhood, and she is usually followed home by teasing children. Some even threw tomatoes at her house. Another one wrote LEAVE on Red, since Samar's house is next to the tree.

frances ellen watkins harper writing was influenced by: b. the education she received growing up in the north.

she was born in baltimore, maryland, on september 24, 1825. after the death of her parents, her uncle reverend william watkins, a teacher at the academy for negro youth, raised and educated her. she also continued educating herself by accessing a library of the family she worked for, beginning writing poetry afterwards. as a civil rights activist and abolitionist, watkins greatly influenced her life and work.