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.
Chosen as a state and citywide read i