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A Vacant Lot, Rat-Infested And Filled With Garbage, Looked Like No Place For A Garden. Especially To A Neighborhood Of Strangers Where No One Seems To Care. Until One Day, A Young Girl Clears A Small Space And Digs Into The Hard-Packed Soil To Plant Her Precious Bean Seeds. Suddenly, The Soil Holds Promise - To Curtis, Who Believes He Can Win Back Lateesha's Heart With A Harvest Of Tomatoes; To Virgil's Dad, Who Sees A Fortune To Be Made From Growing Lettuce; And Even To Maricela, Sixteen And Pregnant, Wishing She Were Dead. Thirteen Very Different Voices - Old, Young, Haitian, Hispanic, Tough, Haunted, And Hopeful - Tell One Amazing Story About A Garden That Transforms A Neighborhood.