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The Gardener




 

The Gardener

by Sarah Stewart
Farrar, Straus & Giroux, Incorporated

Lydia Grace Finch brings a suitcase full of seeds to the city, where she goes to stay with her Uncle. There she initiates a gradual transformation, bit by bit brightening the shop and bringing smiles to customers' faces with the flowers she grows. But it is in a secret place that Lydia Grace works on her masterpiece--an ambitious rooftop garden--which she hopes will make even Uncle Jim smile.

 

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Ideas to Explore Together

Before you read: If you had a garden what would you plant?

As you read: In the city, where do you think Lydia will have the space to plant her flowers?

After you read: How did Lydia's love of gardening help her uncle? How did Lydia's flowers help her with her homesickness?

 


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