The Hollow Tree
First edition | |
| Author | Janet Lunn |
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| Cover artist | Seal Books |
| Language | English |
| Genre | Children's historical novel |
| Publisher | Knopf Canada |
Publication date | 1997 |
| Publication place | Canada |
| Media type | Print (Paperback) |
| Preceded by | Shadow on Hawthorne Bay |
The Hollow Tree is a 1997 children's historical novel by Canadian author Janet Lunn. The book is the third in a trilogy, the first two being The Root Cellar and Shadow in Hawthorn Bay. Having progressed backward from the American Civil War in The Root Cellar, another few decades in Shadow in Hawthorn Bay, The Hollow Tree takes place during the starting of the American Revolution in 1777.
The main character, Phoebe Olcott, is mentioned briefly in Shadow in Hawthorn Bay as "Phoebe Morrisay," having married Jem Morrisay. Phoebe's suitor, Ben Larkin, is implied to be an ancestor to Rose Larkin, the protagonist of The Root Cellar, while the Morrissay family's descendants would include Will Morrisay, who also appears in The Root Cellar.