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Country
  
United States

Media type
  
Print

ISBN
  
0-06-027471-9

Author
  
Paul Fleischman

Page count
  
102

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Illustrator
  
Judy Pedersen

Language
  
English

Pages
  
102

Originally published
  
1997

Genre
  
Children's literature

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Characters
  
Sae Young, Virgil, Sam, Gonzalo, Amir, Nora, Royce, Maricela, Kim, Ana, Florence, Curtis, Wendell

Awards
  
Golden Kite Award for Fiction

Similar
  
Works by Paul Fleischman, Children's literature

Seedfolks (1997) is a short children's novel written by Paul Fleischman, with illustrations by Judy Pedersen. The story is told by a diverse cast of characters living on (or near) Gibb Street in Cleveland, Ohio, each from a different ethnic group. Chapter by chapter, each character describes the transformation of an empty lot into a vibrant community garden, and in doing so, they each experience their own transformations.

Contents

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Awards and recognitions

  • ALA Best Books for Young Adults (1998)
  • Buckeye Children's Book Award (1999), Grades 6-8
  • Marathon County READS | Featured Book (2010)
  • Chosen as state and citywide read in communities across the country:
  • Vermont
  • Racine, WI
  • Tampa, FL
  • Newburgh, NY
  • Boca Raton, FL
  • Trumansburg, NY
  • Tallahassee, FL
  • Madison, WI
  • Dallas, TX
  • Edgewater Neighborhood, Chicago, IL
  • Won the Sydney Hess Fictional Shirt Design Award in 1999
  • References

    Seedfolks Wikipedia