the celebrated fake cherry trees failed to perform this year though the kodo drummers tried to drum them into blossoming. a small group of white draped figures posed next to an obliging dwarf crabapple and drifted away into the greening. i sent mom a book of stories and added the island of missing trees knowing she might not read it and thought, well she can save it for me. when i went down to get a package i looked in the free library and there was the island of missing trees. i just finished my last library book and the lichen museum and was wondering what to read.