Seedfolks

ALA Best Book for Young Adults

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 perspectivesold, young, Haitian, Hispanic, tough, haunted, and hopefultell one amazing story about a garden that transforms a neighborhood.Chosen as a state and citywide read in communities across the country, including in Vermont, Racine, WI, Tampa, FL, Newburgh, NY, and Boca Raton, FL.Supports the Common Core State Standards