A girl discovers a connection between her home in the Philippines and her new home in the U.S. through a special garden in this middle grade novel that celebrates nourishment and growth.
Twelve-year-old Isabel is the new kid in her San Francisco middle school. It’s the first time in many years that she’ll be living with her mother again. Mama's job in the US allowed Isabel and her grandparents to live more comfortably in the Philippines, but now Isabel doesn't really know her own mother anymore.
Making new friends in a new city, a new country, is hard, but joining the gardening and cooking club at school means Isabel will begin to find her way, and maybe she too, will begin to bloom.
In this beautifully rendered novel-in-verse, Mae Respicio explores how growth can take many forms, offering both the challenges and joy of new beginnings.
- ISBN10 0593302729
- ISBN13 9780593302729
- Publish Date 9 April 2024
- Publish Status Active
- Publish Country US
- Publisher Penguin Putnam Inc
- Imprint Penguin Young Readers
- Format Hardcover (Library Binding)
- Pages 368
- Language English
- URL https://penguinrandomhouse.com/books/isbn/9780593302729