Newbery Medal-winning Seedfolks from Paul Fleischman tells thirteen stories from diverse perspectives--young and old, immigrant and native, haunted and hopeful. A fractured neighborhood unites with just a few seeds, turning a drab empty lot in Cleveland into beautiful green garden.
Seedfolks has been chosen as a state- and city-wide read in communities across the country for its inspiring message of unity.
Kim begins the garden, planting a few lima beans to connect with her father who died when she was a baby in Vietnam. Then Tio Juan, a...
Newbery Medal-winning Seedfolks from Paul Fleischman tells thirteen stories from diverse perspectives--young and old, immigrant an...
Den lille pige Lea forsvinder, og hendes stedfar, shippingkongen Niels Vestemark, tager sit eget liv. Ti ar tidligere blev samme mands biologiske datter Zarah fundet mishandlet og myrdet. Dengang mistaenkte man den kun 15 ar gamle Sylvester for mordet pa sosteren, men der blev aldrig faeldet dom i sagen. Makkerparret Gunnar og Larsen, der har kendt hinanden siden politiskolen, efterforskede sagen om Zarah og nu skal de efterforske Leas forsvinden. Sagen er mere kompliceret end ved forste ojekast, og gamle sar fra sagen ti ar tidligere springer op, et efter et, og det viser sig at de to sager...
Den lille pige Lea forsvinder, og hendes stedfar, shippingkongen Niels Vestemark, tager sit eget liv. Ti ar tidligere blev samme mands biologiske datt...
