Under the Banyan Tree

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Under the Banyan Tree

Toni De Palma

After her mother leaves, fifteen-year-old Irena runs away from home and hitchhikes to Key West where she tries to make a better life for herself, in a story the uncovers just what it really means to be a family.

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Book Details

Genre:

Fiction
Juvenile Fiction

Age Level:

12 and up

Under the Banyan Tree review by EPles

EPles

When Irena runs away to Key West, to escape her aggressive father, she comes across an unusual motel, The Banyan Tree. When she takes a job there as a maid, Irena begins to feel that The Banyan Tree motel was where she had always belonged. She soon becomes part of the Banyan Tree family. Surrounded by all her friends makes life seem almost perfect. Then, Irena finds out that The Banyan Tree is on the brink of bankruptcy. Irena soon learns that her new life of friendship and family may soon come to a tragic end.