The Owl Tree is a novella by Jenny Nimmo

Jenny Nimmo

Jenny Nimmo is a British author of numerous books for children, including many fantasy and adventure novels, beginning reader books, and picture books....

 which was released in 1997. The story is about a boy, Joe, who tries to save an owl

Owl

Owls are a group of birds that belong to the order Strigiformes, constituting 200 bird of prey species. Most are solitary and nocturnal, with some exceptions . Owls hunt mostly small mammals, insects, and other birds, although a few species specialize in hunting fish...

tree which his grandmother Granny Diamond is fond of and her neighbour, Mr Rock, intends to cut down.

Plot

While their Mum is in the hospital and expecting a baby, Joe and his sister Minna are taken to their Granny Diamond's house, as no one else is able to take care of them at this time, because their parents are in the hospital. After showing Joe his room, Granny Diamond tells him about an owl tree outside the house which grows in her neighbour Mr Rock's lawn. She tells him how she had once seen an owl perched on one of the branches of the tree one night and it had cheered her up, which is why she calls it the owl tree. Then one day Joe finds out that Mr Rock is going to cut down the tree soon and after that, Joe tries to find a way to save the tree, as its cutting down could affect his Granny Diamond greatly if it happened.