The Chalk Box Kid
Clyde Robert Bulla
Nine-year-old Gregory's house does not have room for a garden, but he creates a surprising and very different garden in an unusual place.
Read Time: ~5.3 hr
A child's garden
by Michael Foreman (2009)
About this book
Living in ruin and rubble with a wire fence and soldiers separating him from the cool hills where his father used to take him as a small child, a boy's tiny, green plant shoot gives him hope in a bleak landscape.
Setting / LocationGlobal
Story EraModern Era
Protagonist / CoreA child's garden Lead Character
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