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Hear it
By Paul Fleischman
Publisher HarperTeen
Seedfolks
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Common GroundA vacant lot, ratinfested and filled with garbage, looked like no place for a garden. Especially to a neighborhood of strangers where no one seems to care. Until one day, a young girl clears a small space and digs into the hardpacked soil to plant her precious bean seeds. Suddenly, the soil holds promise: To Curtis, who believes he can win back Lateeshas heart with a harvest of tomatoes; to Virgils dad, who seems a fortune to be made from growing lettuce; and even to Mariclea, sixteen and pregnant, wishing she were dead.Thirteen very different voicesold, young, Haitian, Hispanic, tough, haunted, and hopeful tell one amazing story about a garden that transforms a neighborhood.An old man seeking renewal, a young girl connecting to a father she never knew, a pregnant teenager dreading motherhood.Thirteen voices tell one story of the flowering of a vacant city lot into a neighborhood garden. Old, young, Jamaican, Korean, Hispanic, tough, haunted, hopefulNewbery Medal winner Paul Fleischman weaves characters as diverse as the plants they grow into a rich, multilayered exploration of how a community is born and nurtured in an urban environment. 0001 Utah Book Award (Gr. 712) Chosen as a state and citywide read in communities across the country: Vermont Racine, WI Tampa, FL Newburgh, NY Boca Raton, FL

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11453 words11,453 words
80 pages80 pages
Lexile 710LLexile 710L
Grade P to 12Grade P to 12
Age 1-17Age 1-17
Published 1997Published 1997

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0060274719

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