Over time, the good stuff starts outweighing the bad. And then there's Curtis who's having a great time growing his tomatoes, until some of them are stolen. He and his dad plant lettuce, but it starts dying the moment it comes up. Just ask Virgil, a kid whose family comes from Haiti. Plus, some of our gardeners are having a tough time with their plants. Things also get a bit dicey when people put up fences between their own patches of land. For starters, there's still some segregation in the garden, with people from different races and cultures keeping to themselves. So while all these good things are happening in the garden, we have a couple bumps in the road as well. It looks like we've got quite the friendly community garden on our hands.īut all great plans have their hiccups. When Sae Young joins in on the garden, she helps make the water-collecting dreams a reality. Then Leona works to make the garden trash-free, and Sam tries to think of ways to bring more water into the lot. We meet Gonzalo and his great uncle, Tío Juan, who hail from Guatemala and bond over their gardening adventures. Over time, the weather starts to warm up and more folks come out to garden. See what we mean? That ripple effect is on the move. So now we've got two gardeners in the vacant lot: Kim and Wendell. He also thinks that maybe he should plant something of his own.
You see, Wendell doesn't just help Kim out. Then Ana feels so bad that she gets her neighbor, Wendell, to fix the beans and help them to grow.Īnd this is when things really get interesting. She's the nosy neighbor who thinks Kim just planted something illegal, so goes and digs up the beans. And these beans have a ripple effect like you wouldn't believe. So one day, this little Vietnamese girl named Kim plants some lima beans in a vacant lot on Gibb Street. Yep, this book takes place within one year, and it all starts on a super cold April day in Cleveland, Ohio. Get ready for a veggie-filled journey across one single year.
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