Interest Level
Grades 5 - 7
Reading Level
Grade level Equivalent: 4.9
Lexile Measure®: 710L
DRA: Not Available
Guided Reading: S
Genre
- Realistic Fiction
Theme/Subject
- Outdoor Activities and Recreation
- Culture and Diversity
- City Life
- Plants and Flowers
- Friends and Friendship
- Understanding Self and Others
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About This Book
An old man seeking renewal, a young girl connecting to a father she never knew, a pregnant teenager dreading motherhood, are just a few of the 13 voices that tell one story of the flowering of a vacant city lot into a neighborhood garden. Old, young, Haitian, Korean, Hispanic, tough, haunted, and hopeful.
Newbery Medal winner Paul Fleischman weaves characters as diverse as the plants they grow into a multi-layered exploration of how a community is born and nurtured in an urban environment. Illustrations.
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