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Lydia Grace Finch brings a suitcase full of seeds to the big gray city, where she goes to stay with her Uncle Jim, a cantankerous baker. 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. Sarah Stewart introduces readers to an engaging and determined young heroine, whose story is told through letters written home, while David Small's illustrations beautifully evoke the Depression-era setting.

本书故事发生的背景是1929年至1933年经济大萧条时代的美国，在故事开始的1935年，美国尽管已爬出了*灾难深重的谷底，但大萧条的阴影仍笼罩在美国上空。城市破败不堪，人们郁郁寡欢。而作者通过小女孩莉迪亚的寥寥数语，用12封信件的形式，讲述了她在1935年8月27日至1936年7月11日近一年时间里的生活经历。故事始终充满着阳光的色彩，让人时刻感受着小女孩莉迪亚的温暖和希望。她是那样地自信坚定、从容不迫，她是那些阴霾日子里的阳光和欢乐。作者集中渲染了主人公改变环境的力量——只有怀揣热爱、希望和梦想的人，才拥有这样的力量，生活因这样的人而美好。