Where the Trees Were

''All in?'' Kieran pulled me up, and the others followed. We gathered around the bigger tree. No one asked Matty - he just reached up and put his right hand on the trunk with ours.

Kieran cleared his throat. ''We swear, on these trees, to always be friends. To protect each other - and this place.''

When Jay and her four childhood friends find a group of ancient trees carved by an Aboriginal tribe t...