Heidi's review
Seedfolks (Joanna Colter Books)
by Paul Fleischman
Heidi's review
Seedfolks (Joanna Colter Books) by Paul Fleischman
Heidi's review
rating:
bookshelves:
modernfiction
recommended for: people who love gardens
I think this is officially adolescent lit (the book jacket said "ages 10 and up"), but I think it has a wider appeal and message. It's very short--only 65 pages, I think--and it tells the stories of different people in a run-down urban neighborhood who gradually turn a vacant lot into a community garden. Each person has different reasons for planting there, and it affects each of them differently. But in the end, it turns this diverse group of individuals into a community.
It's a little simplistic in its message of the curative powers of gardening, but as a gardener myself, I find it forgivable and not too far-fetched.
It's a little simplistic in its message of the curative powers of gardening, but as a gardener myself, I find it forgivable and not too far-fetched.
