博客來What if your favorite place was dying because of a mistake no one could see?
The Old Maple in Pinehill Park is crying. Not from rain - from somewhere deep underground. The soil has turned to rotting mire, the kids have stopped playing beneath its branches, and eight-year-old Liam leaves soggy drawings at its roots, trying to cheer up a tree he thinks is sad.
Scout the raccoon detective sees what humans miss: a shiny new drinking fountain fifteen meters away and a dying tree with ＂tears＂ that smell like chlorine. That’s not coincidence. That’s a cracked pipe slowly poisoning the roots. If the leak isn’t found and fixed, the tree will fall, the park will close, and Liam will lose his silent friend.
The catch? Scout and his anxious opossum partner Patches can’t speak to humans. They have to dig up clues, move objects, and create trails that force people to look down and see the invisible connection between clean water above and death below.
