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This is a beautiful therapeutic story book. Like a soft hand reaching out in the dark — gentle, kind, and full of quiet magic. "The Girl and the Night Tree” reads like a lullaby for the soul, especially for anyone who’s ever felt too much and wondered what to do with all that feeling.

Luma is such a tender, real character — and the Night Tree? That imagery is stunning. Dreamlike but grounding, just like the creature who holds space for her. I love how it validates the weight of her thoughts without making them shameful or scary. And that line:

"Because you see things others miss. You feel what others hide. That’s not broken — that’s brave.”
— oof. That one lands.

Summary of The Girl and the Night Tree

Luma is a ten-year-old girl who feels things deeply — so deeply that her heart sometimes feels too heavy to carry. She holds quiet thoughts about disappearing, about not knowing how to keep going, but she doesn’t tell many people. Most grownups get scared, and most kids don’t understand.

One sleepless night, Luma wanders into the woods behind her home and discovers something magical: a glowing, silver-blue tree — the Night Tree. When she touches it, a hidden door opens, inviting her inside.
Inside, she finds a soft, glowing world — full of cushions, books, and jars of light — and a creature that is part-cat, part-cloud, who speaks with kindness.

The creature tells Luma that it knows about her heavy thoughts — and that it has been keeping them safe, so she doesn’t have to carry them alone. It gently reminds her that feelings, even the hardest ones, are like storms: they pass. And that feeling deeply isn’t a weakness — it’s a kind of bravery.

Luma stays a while, resting, feeling heard for the first time.
When morning comes, she returns home — still carrying big feelings, but no longer carrying them alone. Now she knows about the Night Tree, about the creature who understands, and about the part of herself that quietly, stubbornly, bravely still wants to stay.

And for now, that is enough.