Seedfolks by Paul Fleischman
6th Grade ELA
Books will be available after Spring Break
Students in Mrs. Christy and Mrs. Mangus' ELA class will be reading Seedfolks by Paul Fleischman in April. Students are required to purchase the book and bring the book with them to class daily. Books are available from Mrs. Mangus or Mrs. Christy for $5. Books may also be purchased elsewhere. Seedfolks is available on Amazon and Barnes and Nobel for $5.62.
Summary
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 perspectives—old, young, Haitian, Hispanic, tough, haunted, and hopeful—tell one amazing story about a garden that transforms a neighborhood