R E K. (bigstone) - , reviewed on 7/26/2012 + 1438 more book reviews

Green, a 15-year-old, with a wonderful family, makes everything grow. She can whisper to the plants, hear them and surpasses her mother in plant knowledge. She is quiet, unassuming and prefers to stay in the background. In contrast, her sister, Aurora, sparkles and stands out. The two love each other very much and spend much time together.

One day when it is time to take garden harvest to the city Green must stay at home and work in the gardens. Angry, she refuses to speak to her parents even when they and her sister say goodbye. She pouts most of the day and does little work. Suddenly she sees smoke which becomes a raging fire which rages through the city. Are her parents and Aurora safe she wonders. When they do not return she realizes that all of them have died in the blaze.

Guilt ridden, she begins to draw black tattoos on her skin, hides and sleeps under the table, and refuses to care for the garden. She is not alone in her grief. There are others who react in other ways. This is the story of Green's grief which almost consumes her as it did her school mate, Heather. This is a sensitive and
heart-warming tale about a young woman who must learn to cope without the family she loves so much. Well done!

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