Bright sun streams down onto busy New York City streets.
      A three-year-old girl spends time with her firefighter uncle.

After September 11, a tree is discovered in the rubble at Ground Zero and is sent to a garden center to regrow.
      The girl grows, too, loving the FDNY gear her uncle gives her.

On the tenth anniversary of 9/11, the Survivor Tree travels home—replanted at the memorial site.
      By the twentieth anniversary of 9/11, the girl is a young woman—and a firefighter.

Intertwined stories—one in words and one in pictures—show how the Survivor Tree's strength echoed the hope of a nation after harrowing events in New York City in 2001.

From the dust jacket