Thirteen lives. One garden. Set in Cleveland, Newbery-Award-winning author Paul Fleischman's poignant book is a large lesson in connectedness and community for all. When a derelict vacant lot is gradually transformed into a community garden in inner city Cleveland, the people of this community find their differences are less apparent and their isolation dissolved. Performed by thirteen multicuturally and age -authentic voices, this audiobook is designed for listeners of all ages.

Fleischman's touching novel about an abandoned inner-city lot transformed into a community garden is composed of 13 interwoven stories. A Vietnamese immigrant schoolgirl describes how she sets out to grow lima beans in memory of her dead father. Barbara Rosenblat reads the narrative of an elderly Romanian woman who witnesses Kim planting the seeds and assumes a crime is being committed. One by one, strangers in the neighborhood overcome their prejudices and join in the gardening--the school custodian from Kentucky, the Guatemalan teenager taught by his uncle to plant vegetables from the old country, the muscle-bound African- American planting tomatoes to prove his love for his girlfriend, the British nurse helping her elderly patient find a new lease on life. Many of the performers are nonprofessionals, and don't try to be otherwise. But the sincerity and integrity of this project bear this garden delicious fruit. S.E.S. (c) AudioFile 2003, Portland, Maine

 

Paul Fleischman learned to love storytelling because his father, Sid Fleischman,  read his own books out loud to the family as he finished writing each chapter.  He is an avid audiobook fan and with his two teenaged sons listens to storytelling programs on the radio as well.  He lives in California.To learn more, click here www.paulfleischman.net

Seedfolks by Paul Fleischman
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