Lily's friends Claire and Dante have left town, after their mother was arrested for keeping illegal seeds and plants. Lily moves around town discretely watching and tending the seeds she has sown. Rose becomes a presence in her life, and Lily's feelings of Rose vary between hesitant and trusting. Lily's mother quietly watches in the background, and Lily does not feel she can trust her with the enormity of the secrets she holds inside; of Clare and Dante, their friendship with Ana and the truth about her part in growing plants illegally. We learn more about the Seed Saver's underground society and how a dark cloud of GRIM that stands over their community.
Set in the not-so-distant future, Seed Savers is a series of books for children that explores the possibility of what we, as a society face, as large corporations control more and more of our food supply and the use of GMO products. As a children's librarian, I can see the value of this interesting and relative topic. If a child picks up one of these books and says, hey, I understand this concept, that is one step closer to knowledge that can help these events from becoming more widespread in the future.
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