num_pages: 48
description: A Vietnamese girl plants six lima beans in a Cleveland vacant lot. Looking down on the immigrant-filled neighborhood, a Romanian woman watches suspiciously. A school janitor gets involved, then a Guatemalan family. Then muscle-bound Curtis, trying to win back Lateesha. Pregnant Maricela. Amir from India. A sense of community sprouts and spreads. Newbery-winning author Paul Fleischman uses thirteen speakers to bring to life a community garden's founding and first year. The book's short length, diverse cast, and suitability for adults as well as children have led it to be used in countless one-book reads in schools and in cities across the country.Seedfolks has been drawn upon to teach tolerance, read in ESL classes, promoted by urban gardeners, and performed in schools and on stages from South Africa to Broadway.
language: English
title: Seedfolks
titlecomplete: Seedfolks
genres: Cultural, Childrens, Short Stories, Young Adult, Middle Grade, Novels, School, Fiction, Gardening, Realistic Fiction
ratings_count: 15649
places: Cleveland, Ohio
awards: awardedAt: 883641600000
name: Jane Addams Children's Book Award
category: Older Children, awardedAt: 1483257600000
name: Phoenix Award (Children's Literature Association)
publisher: Klett