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House Held Up by TreesFrom Pulitzer Prize winning poet Ted Kooser and rising talent Jon Klassen comes a poignant tale of loss, change, and nature's quiet triumph. When the house was new, not a single tree remained on its perfect lawn to give shade from the sun. The children in the house trailed the scent of wild trees to neighboring lots, where thick bushes offered up secret places to play. When the children grew up and moved away, their father, alone in the house,
From Pulitzer Prize-winning poet Ted Kooser and rising talent Jon Klassen comes a poignant tale of loss, change, and nature's quiet triumph. When the house was new, not a single tree remained on its perfect lawn to give shade from the sun. The children in the house trailed the scent of wild trees to neighboring lots, where thick bushes offered up secret places to play. When the children grew up and moved away, their father, alone in the house, continued his battle against blowing seeds, plucking out sprouting trees. Until one day the father, too, moved away, and as the empty house began its decline, the trees began their approach. At once wistful and exhilarating, this lovely, lyrical story evokes the inexorable passage of time -- and the awe-inspiring power of nature to lift us up.Binding Type: Hardcover
Publisher: Candlewick Press (MA)
Published: 03/27/2012
ISBN: 9780763651077
Pages: 32
Weight: 0.90lbs
Size: 9.20h x 10.60w x 0.50d
Award: Governor General's Literary Awards - Finalist
Review Citations: Horn Book Magazine 03/01/2012 pg. 88
Publishers Weekly 01/02/2012 pg. 83
Kirkus Reviews 02/01/2012 pg. 300
Booklist 02/15/2012 pg. 50
Bulletin of Ctr for Child Bks 05/01/2012
Quill & Quire 05/01/2012 pg. 34
School Library Journal 05/01/2012 pg. 76
New York Times Book Review 05/13/2012 pg. 26
New York Times Book Review 11/11/2012 pg. 29
Hornbook Guide to Children 07/01/2012 pg. 31 - Superior,Well Above Average
Accelerated Reader Quiz #/Name: 150695 / House Held Up by Trees
Reading Level: 4.5 / Interest Level: Lower Grade / Point Value: 0.5
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Speeds are stable with no drops or lag, and setup was plug-and-play. The 1.5 ft length is perfect for short runs and keeps everything looking neat instead of having extra cable everywhere.
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Reviewed in the United States on January 31, 2026
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Glad I Bought the Better Cable
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I originally looked at some cheaper Ethernet cables, but my son talked me into spending a little more for this one. I’m glad I listened.
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★★★★★ 5
A Must if you have Fiber internet!!!
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I recently got fiber internet installed and decided to upgrade my Ethernet cable from Cat 7 to this UGREEN Cat 8 cable—mostly just because I wanted to make sure my network setup was fully up to date. I honestly wasn't expecting much of a difference, but I was surprised to see over a 20% increase in speed after swapping out the cable.
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★★★★★ 5
UGREEN Cat 8 6FT Braided – Finally a short cable that actually hits 40 Gbps in real life
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UGREEN Cat 8 6FT Braided – Finally a short cable that actually hits 40 Gbps in real life
I have a 10 Gbit NAS (Synology DS1823xs+) sitting right behind my gaming PC, and every “Cat8” cable I tried before this one was either stiff boat-anchor thick or straight-up lied about speed. This UGREEN 6 ft braided version is the first one that actually delivers.
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Zero packet errors after 48 hours of torture testing
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Gold-plated contacts, double shielding, and it passes a Fluke DSX-8000 Cat8 Channel test (yes, I’m that guy)
Perfect 6 ft length, no excess coil behind the desk causing signal reflections
Snagless boot actually works, no more broken clips
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Runs cool even at full 40 Gbps load (barely warm)
Way less stiff than the usual shielded Cat8 firehoses, easy to route under a desk or through a cable sleeve
Latency is stupid low: 0.22 ms average to my NAS vs 0.45 ms on my old Cat6a round cable
Only “con” (and it’s tiny): it’s flat, so if you’re one of those people who religiously wants perfectly round cables for aesthetics, you might not like it. Everyone else on planet Earth will think it looks cleaner anyway.
For $14, this is the best short-hop 40 Gbps cable on Amazon, bar none. Already replaced every 1–10 ft run in my office with these. If you have 10G+ gear sitting close together and you’re still using Cat6 or stiff Cat8, do yourself a favor and grab a couple. You’ll instantly feel the difference.
10/10 – UGREEN absolutely crushed it with this one.
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