Tree of dreams by Resau, Laura 

BTSB Prebound(Scholastic Press, 2019)

BTSB #: 747117 Available

Dewey: FAges: 9-12   
AR: 5.6 MG RC: 5.5 3-5 Lexile: 850

Genres: Multicultural

Subjects: Latinos (U.S.) - Fiction Chocolate - Fiction Cocoa trade - Fiction Forest conservation - Fiction Best friends - Fiction Friendship - Fiction Mother-daughter relationship - Fiction Amazon River Region - Fiction Ecuador - Fiction Colorado - Fiction

Summary: Twelve-year-old Coco Hidden has grown up in her mother's chocolate shop in Colorado, along with her friend Leo de la Cueva, but recently things have not been going well; the shop is failing, and Leo is hanging out with the other boys, and barely wants to talk to her--but when they both win a culinary contest, the two children and their mothers find themselves on a trip to the Amazon in Ecuador, where Coco hopes to find the rare ceiba tree, and where the plight of the native people and their jungle gives her a new perspective and purpose in life.