Seedfolks
by
Paul Fleichman
by
Paul Fleichman
A vacant lot, rat-infested 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
hard-packed soil to plant her precious bean seeds. Suddenly, the soil holds
promise: To Curtis, who believes he can win back Lateesha's heart with a
harvest of tomatoes; to Virgil's dad, who sees a fortune to be made from
growing lettuce; and even to Maricela, sixteen and pregnant, wishing she were
dead.
Thirteen very different voices and perspectives—old, young, Haitian, Hispanic,
tough, haunted, and hopeful—tell one amazing story about a garden that
transforms a neighborhood.
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