The Goodbye Tree

by Pip Harry, Christina Booth

One summer morning, Nick and his family wake up early, and gather precious things to take with them. Today, they will plant a tree - a tree that will reach towards the sun and bring shade to those who rest beneath it.


Together they will sow the seeds of a living memorial to someone who has gone before them, but will never be forgotten.


The Goodbye Tree is a poetic and insightful story of a family coming together in grief, and shows how loss can be the source of unexpected gifts

Hardcover

Published July 1, 2026

About the author

Pip Harry is an Australian children’s author and journalist. Her middle grade novel, The Little Wave, won the CBCA 2020 Book of the Year Award and the Speech Pathology Australia Book of the Year. It was shortlisted for the 2020 NSW Premier's Literary Awards – Ethel Turner Prize for Young People's Literature.

Her young adult novels include I’ll Tell You Mine, Head of the River, and Because of You, shortlisted for the CBCA Book of the Year Awards, Victorian Premier's Literary Award and Queensland Literary Awards.

Are You There, Buddha? is a 2022 CBCA Notable book and was nominated for the Ethel Turner prize.

Pip’s latest middle grade novel, August & Jones is out now.