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Where the watermelons grow

When twelve-year-old Della Kelly finds her mother furiously digging black seeds from a watermelon in the middle of the night and talking to people who aren t there, Della worries that it s happening again that the sickness that put her mama in the hospital four years ago is back. That her mama is going to be hospitalized for months like she was last time. With her daddy struggling to save the farm and her mama in denial about what s happening, it s up to Della to heal her mama for good.

Audience
childrens
Length
medium · 245 pages

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