Paul Fleischman
Who is the author?
Bringing different cultures, ages, and ethnicities together to form a common community.
What is the theme?
A perfect garden or place to be.
What is paradise?
A red round fruit used in salad
What is a tomato?
Encouraged Maricela to see that it was an honor to be part of nature and to be glad she was having a baby
Who was Leona?
This guy was nicknamed Atlas and Biceps R Us.
Who is Curtis?
An urban neighborhood in Cleveland, Ohio.
What is the setting?
A sizeable area usually consisting of dirt or pavement.
What is a lot?
Green leafy vegetable used as a salad base
What is lettuce?
"From Paradise, the garden was turning back into Cleveland."
What happened to the garden when outsiders threw garbage into the lot?
She began the garden to please her dead father.
Who is Kim?
"I laid those beans right back in the ground, as gently as sleeping babies."
What is an analogy?
Communicating with actions, but no words.
What is pantomining?
A vegetable that is part of the legume family
What is a lima bean?
Korean woman who was afraid of people because she was once beaten.
This person's grandmother had a naturalistic type of intelligence.
Who was Leona's grandmother?
"They're all trained to be as slippery as snakes."
What is an analogy?
At first, this vegetable is pale purple, but ripens to a dark purple.
What is eggplant?
A yellow vegetable which grows very tall
What is corn on the cob?
The British nurse who takes Mr. Myles out for a walk or someone in our class
Who is Nora?
This person's grandfather grew up as a farmer and came back to life when he saw the garden.
Who is Gonzalo's grandfather?
Lack of water.
What is a conflict?
One of the largest fruits that can feed a plethora of people.
What is a watermelon?
Poppies, hollyhocks and snapdragons.
What are flowers?
Kim, Ana, Wendell, Gonzalo, Leona, Sam, Virgil, Sae Young, Curtis, Nora, Maricela, Amir, and Florence.
Who are the Seedfolks?