{"id":2554,"date":"2017-11-26T15:20:00","date_gmt":"2017-11-26T20:20:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.silvercentury.org\/2017\/11\/seedfolks\/"},"modified":"2017-11-26T15:20:00","modified_gmt":"2017-11-26T20:20:00","slug":"seedfolks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/2017\/11\/seedfolks\/","title":{"rendered":"Seedfolks"},"content":{"rendered":"

By Paul Fleischman, with black-and-white illustrations by Judy Pedersen<\/span> – HarperCollins, 1997<\/em> <\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

Neighbors in a run-down, multiethnic area of Cleveland gradually transform a junk-filled vacant lot into a community garden. Thirteen fictional characters\u2014linked by the garden and the neighborhood\u2014tell their stories with voices spanning a variety of backgrounds, personalities and poignant personal situations. The youngest character is 9, the oldest is over 90, and there are plenty of appealing children, teens and adults in between.<\/p>\n

Several memorable characters are older people. A Romanian immigrant named Ana watches the vacant lot through her window and relates some of the ways the neighborhood has changed since she arrived as a child in 1919. Sam, a 78-year-old activist, encourages everyone to overcome ethnic prejudices. T\u00edo Juan, a recent Guatemalan immigrant who speaks only a local Indian dialect, finds that his expertise as a farmer helps him overcome his isolation. Equally touching is Mr. Myles, a stroke victim who cannot speak. His nurse understands his gesture toward the garden, and she fills a large trash barrel with soil so he can plant and tend flowers from his wheelchair.<\/p>\n

As the diverse gardeners get to know, accept and help one another, the whole neighborhood\u2019s morale blooms along with the plants. Black-and-white illustrations show the pensive faces of the narrators and the crops they grow. This is an inspiring book about bridging emotional and perceptual gaps.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Neighbors in a run-down, multiethnic area of Cleveland gradually transform a junk-filled vacant lot into a community garden.<\/p>\n

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