The tree, as the title suggests, is the main character in the book, and—as the title also suggests—she is giving…to a fault. Indeed, she gives to her own detriment. And yet, in the last line...

The boy is kind of a jerk. (Hey, someone had to say it.) Sure, he starts out loving the tree with all kinds of childlike wonder, but as time passes, he takes just about everything from her without...