Cover of Project Mulberry

Project Mulberry

Julia Song and her friend Patrick want to team up to win a blue ribbon at the state fair, but they can't agree on the perfect project. Then Julia's mother suggests they raise silkworms as she did years ago in Korea. The optimistic twosome quickly realizes that raising silkworms is a lot tougher than they thought. And Julia never suspected that she'd be discussing the fate of her and Patrick's project with Ms. Park, the author of this book!

Genre
literary fictioncoming of age
Themes
diversityfriendshipchildhoodnatureidentity
Setting
2000sillinoisasia
Subject
science
Audience
childrensmiddle gradeyoung adultadult
Length
medium · 240 pages

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