Seedfolks

Seedfolks by Paul Fleischman is an amazing book about immigration and planting. The book changes perspectives in every chapter and no character is every repeated. All of the characters have one thing in common, they live in a neighborhood in Cleveland where someone has started to grow a garden. All of the characters have different reasons for connected with the garden and some participate in the growing and some just sit and watch. I thought this book was so interesting and it was a fun read. It helps to put immigration on the minds of the reader and it makes the reader think about how everyone has a different story and life.

This book would be best used in high school or middle school settings. Younger readers would not connect with the book as well as older readers would. This book is a great read and a quick one. Students would love it because it could be made into sort of a play. Each student could be a character and read their chapter. This activity would be great because it would help to make the character's real in the minds of the readers. This book could also be used at home to help children understand that everyone is different and comes from some place different.