"Seedfolks"
By: Paul Fleischman
Realistic Fiction
Grades 6-7
87 pages
It all starts with a little girl digging up earth in an empty, garbage-strewn lot and planting some beans, paying tribute to her father. Her action, and the sight of the little plants growing, inspires others to come and work the soil, cleaning up the lot in the process. In the course of the year it becomes a thriving garden, a place of beauty in a run-down part of town. But the real magic of this garden is not the plants -- it's the people. Each chapter is a different person's story and his/her experience of the garden. Reading about how the garden brings all different kinds of people together into a community was the most amazing part of this book.
By: Paul Fleischman
Realistic Fiction
Grades 6-7
87 pages
It all starts with a little girl digging up earth in an empty, garbage-strewn lot and planting some beans, paying tribute to her father. Her action, and the sight of the little plants growing, inspires others to come and work the soil, cleaning up the lot in the process. In the course of the year it becomes a thriving garden, a place of beauty in a run-down part of town. But the real magic of this garden is not the plants -- it's the people. Each chapter is a different person's story and his/her experience of the garden. Reading about how the garden brings all different kinds of people together into a community was the most amazing part of this book.