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A Packet of Seeds

Story Stats

Rating: 5
Grade Level: 3, 4, 5
Page count: 6

Author

Deborah
Hopkinson

Appeared in

Cricket Magazine Vol 25, Num 8, April 1998

Story Summary

Jane's mother becomes incapacitated with depression after moving to the prairie and leaving her garden and friends behind ... that is until Jane and her brother Dan decide to clear a garden plot. When they are done they have nothing to plant until Jane's mother appears at the door with a smile and packets of seeds given to her by her sister and friends.