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Seed Savers (Treasure, #1)
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S. Smith (Goodreads Author)
Clare, Dante, and Lily live in a future where gardening and owning seeds is against the law. Some, however, encourage the children to change the future, and instruct them in the old ways.
Can the children learn enough before being stopped by GRIM, the government agency controlling the nation's food?
And can children really change the future?
(Book 1 in the Seed Savers Series)
Can the children learn enough before being stopped by GRIM, the government agency controlling the nation's food?
And can children really change the future?
(Book 1 in the Seed Savers Series)
Paperback, 221 pages
Published
April 2012
by Sandra L. Smith
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One day, Clare brought back these things called seeds to her brother, Dante, and her best friend, Lily. She got them from Ana, a friend from church. Ana starts to teach them fruits, and vegetables, and what seeds do. They soon learn that saving seeds and growing your own food is illegal in the U.S.A. The only food allowed is the kinds you get from Stores. They decide to secretly become Seed Savers with the help of Ana. When the government finds out what Clare and Dante are doing, the kids flee t...more
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Recently some writer friends of mine were discussing the fact that often children nowadays do not know where their food comes from. Panicked, I asked my 5 year old where a few items of food came from, and he answered correctly, however my 4 year old thought that milk came from the supermarket and that they made carrots there!
Just goes to show how lucky we are to be able to just buy our food, washed, prepared and ready to cook and eat.
Claire, Dante and Lily however live in a world where their fo...more
This is a brilliant piece of young adult dystopian society fiction! I loved it. Lois Lowry, watch out! The Giver has some competition - finally.
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Hmmm. Seeds. I Never knew this. Interesting ♥ Should be a good read.
Looking forward to reading the sequel.
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S. Smith grew up on a farm with a tremendously large garden. Though she lives in the city now, her love of growing vegetables and flowers endures. Her first published series, Seed Savers, was born from this desire to plant each spring.
A licensed ESL (English as a Second Language) teacher, Ms. Smith has enjoyed teaching students from around the world.
She gardens and writes at her home in the beauti...more
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A licensed ESL (English as a Second Language) teacher, Ms. Smith has enjoyed teaching students from around the world.
She gardens and writes at her home in the beauti...more
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