This verse novel about the creation of a community garden reveals the extraordinary magic that occurs when ordinary people work together.
Everything about Berneetha is big-especially her dreams. And when Berneetha decides to create a garden on a vacant lot, twelve-year-old Kate Sibley just has to help make that dream a reality. At first the neighbors think Kate and Berneetha are crazy, but slowly a community begins to grow, much like the plants do.
But just as the garden and Kate are both beginning to bloom, a sign goes up: a parking garage will be built on the lot. Can Kate and Berneetha and their friends keep the garden and the dream alive?
Award-winning author Juanita Havill's story of a community garden in an urban neighborhood is told through the eyes of an impressionable girl in a series of richly detailed prose poems. The result is an affecting, lasting portrait of community life and the power of shared commitment and hope.
| ISBN: | 9781561454419 |
| Publication date: | 1st April 2008 |
| Author: | Juanita Havill, Stanislawa Kodman |
| Publisher: | Peachtree an imprint of Holiday House |
| Format: | Hardback |
| Pagination: | 160 pages |
| Genres: |
Children’s / Teenage fiction: Friendship stories Children’s / Teenage general interest: Girls and women Children’s / Teenage personal and social topics: First / new experiences and growing up / coming of age Children’s / Teenage fiction: General, modern and contemporary fiction |