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Every Tree Has a Story — Come Discover It.

The Mystery of Hidden Oak Valley

Welcome, curious young explorer. Hidden Oak Valley is a place where trees whisper secrets and every leaf has a story.
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ABOUT THE AUTHOR

About the author

Meet Franco Tompeterini

Franco Tompeterini started his life in Genoa, Italy. Then a family in Erie, Pennsylvania, said “yes” to him. That changed everything.

A new country. A new language. A backyard with real woods.
Franco spent hours out there. Climbing. Looking. Asking why trees didn’t all look the same. He didn’t know it then, but he was already becoming a writer…

Nature

Bravery

Wonder

Childhood

About The Book

The Mystery of Hidden Oak Valley

A twelve-year-old boy looks out his window and notices something. Not all trees are the same.
That is how the mystery begins. Hickory lives in an old squirrel’s nest inside a tall oak tree. One summer morning, he asks a neighbor. Then another. Soon, he is riding on the back of an owl, flying across Hidden Oak Valley to meet six different trees.
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About The Book

The Mystery of Hidden Oak Valley

A twelve-year-old boy looks out his window and notices something. Not all trees are the same.
That is how the mystery begins. Hickory lives in an old squirrel’s nest inside a tall oak tree. One summer morning, he asks a neighbor. Then another. Soon, he is riding on the back of an owl, flying across Hidden Oak Valley to meet six different trees.
E-book
Paperback
Audiobook

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Meet the Characters of Hidden Oak Valley — Friends Worth Knowing

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Six Trees, Six Stories — The Science Behind the Adventure

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From the Author’s Desk — Why I Wrote the Mystery of Hidden Oak Valley

I was born in Genoa, Italy, and raised in Erie, Pennsylvania. I served eleven years in the United States
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Why Every Child Should Know Their Trees — A Lesson from Hidden Oak Valley

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