# I need help finding a book I read in childhood.

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**Created:** [May 25, 2018, 7:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-need-help-finding-a-book-i-read-in-childhood/814819 "2018-05-25T19:34:30Z")\
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**Author:** ![kaiwik](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kaiwik/32/3978_2.png) [@kaiwik](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kaiwik)\
**Post date:** [May 25, 2018, 7:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-need-help-finding-a-book-i-read-in-childhood/814819/1 "2018-05-25T19:34:30Z")

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I read a book when I was in elementary school, it would have been in the years between 1965 and 1971, and I have never been able to get the story out of my mind. It was an advanced story for my age group and was told from the perspective of a tree. I think it was a sequoia, and it covered the years between it’s initial growth to when it fell and lived on as part of the forest. I remember there was a battle between Native Americans and an arrowhead was buried in the tree, which grew around it; there was also a forest fire, which it survived but was still burned. It was a magical book that took me out of my daily life, which was unpleasant, and I would love to read it again, but for the life of me, I can remember neither title nor author. I have been surprised at the ability of the SDMB members to come up with the correct answers to the most obscure questions, so perhaps this will jog someone’s memory. TYIA

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**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\
**Post date:** [May 25, 2018, 7:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-need-help-finding-a-book-i-read-in-childhood/814819/2 "2018-05-25T19:48:28Z")

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Is it perhaps _[The Tree of Time](https://www.amazon.com/Tree-Time-Story-Special-Sequoia/dp/0939666731)_ by Kathy Baron or _[Sequoia](https://www.amazon.com/Sequoia-Tony-Johnston/dp/1596437278/ref=sr_1_12?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1527277674&sr=1-12)_ by Tony Johnston? I realize they’re both newer than what you described but often books like this get republished.