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A Vietnamese girl plants six lima beans in a Cleveland vacant lot. Looking down on the immigrant-filled neighborhood, a Romanian woman watches suspiciously. A school janitor gets involved, then a Guatemalan family. Then muscle-bound Curtis, trying to win back Lateesha. Pregnant Maricela. Amir from India. A sense of community sprouts and spreads. Newbery-winning author Paul Fleischman uses thirteen speakers to bring to life a community garden's founding and first year. The book's short length, diverse cast, and suitability for adults as well as children have led it to be used in countless one-book reads in schools and in cities across the country. Seedfolks has been drawn upon to teach tolerance, read in ESL classes, promoted by urban gardeners, and performed in schools and on stages from South Africa to Broadway.

破舊的社區、陌生的鄰居因為一位小女孩在空地種下豆苗而再度充滿希望與活力美國克利夫蘭一處頹廢的城區，街頭暴力頻傳，居民彼此冷漠以待。一個死氣沉沉的冬日、一名東方小女孩在社區的空地埋下六顆賴馬豆，希望天上的父親會望見她種的豆子蹦出地面，讓他知道她是他的女兒。這小小單純的舉動，觸發了其他人內心深處的想望，居民紛紛在這塊堆滿垃圾的空地種下希望。13個人物以自身的經歷看見希望，藉由荒蕪廢棄空地的植豆、種花、拾葉、摘果的動作，彼此牽連、蔓延和活絡起來。他們跨越人與人之間的藩籬，超越了種族的隔閡與刻板的偏見，在情感的交流中體會了生命的歡喜。