Grow: A Novel in Verse

By Juanita Havill

Book Overview

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.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1561454419
• ISBN13: 9781561454419
• Release Date: April 2008
• Publisher: Peachtree Publishers
• Length: 160 Pages
• Weight: 0.70 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 5.8" x 7.6"
• Age Range: 8 to 12 years
• Grade Range: Grades 3 to 7