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[2017], Juvenile, Peachtree Publishers Call No: 327 MCC Edition: First edition. Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: In 1992, a young boy whose father is away at war discovers, from their flower stall, the power of beauty and kindness in the wake of the bombing of Sarajevo.
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2012, c2011., Ballantine Books Trade Paperbacks Call No: Young adult FIC DIFFENBAUGH Edition: Ballantine Books Tr Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: Eighteen-year-old Victoria Jones, having been emancipated from the foster care system and planted a flower garden in the park in which she slept, is hired to work for a local florist, and, after meeting a mysterious vendor at the flower market, she is forced to confront her past and decide what she wants for her future.
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2012., Ballantine Books Trade Paperbacks Call No: Realistic FIC Diffenbaugh Edition: Ballantine Books trade paperback edition. Genre: Realistic, Realistic Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Series Title: Random House reader's circleSummary Note: Victoria Jones, an eighteen-year-old foster child newly emancipated from the system, finds she is unable to connect with anyone in the real world except through flowers and their meanings. When a florist takes her in, Victoria must confront her past and decide whether or not to risk everything for a chance at happiness.
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c1995., Gulliver Books Call No: [Fic] Edition: 1st ed. Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: During Hanukkah two children help a Holocaust survivor to once again embrace his religious traditions.
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[2019]., HarperTeen, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers Call No: REALISTIC F SUG Edition: 1st edition. Availability:2 of 2 At Location(s) Summary Note: "Katsuyamas never quit--but seventeen-year-old CJ doesn't even know where to start. She's never lived up to her mom's type A ambition, and she's perfectly happy just helping her aunt, Hannah, at their family's flower shop. She doesn't buy into Hannah's romantic ideas about flowers and their hidden meanings, but when it comes to arranging the perfect bouquet, CJ discovers a knack she never knew she had. A skill she might even be proud of. Then her mom decides to sell the shop--to the family who swindled CJ's grandparents when thousands of Japanese Americans were sent to internment camps during WWII. Soon a rift threatens to splinter CJ's family, friends, and their entire Northern California community; and for the first time, CJ has found something she wants to fight for"--From the publisher's web site.
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2020., Adolescent, HarperTeen Call No: Realistic Fic Sugiura Edition: First paperback edition. Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s)Click here to view Summary Note: Years ago, seventeen-year-old CJ Katsuyama's family sold their flower shop to a white man for next to nothing while they were interned during WWII. Thirty years later, the family bought the store back from that family, the McAllisters, who have since prospered. Now the shop is in financial trouble and CJ's mother works for McAllister Venture Capital. Ever the type A personality, CJ's mother pushes CJ to make something of her life, but CJ only seems to excel at arranging flowers and feels aimless. Then, when secrets about the McAllister patriarch come to light, CJ and a group of student activists find something to rally behind, though it causes great friction in the community and between CJ and her mother.
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2011., Juvenile, Scholastic Inc. Call No: FIC DAL Edition: 1st ed. Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Series Title: Petal pushers Volume: #1Summary Note: "Take the Bloom family's flower shop. There's Del, who's always been the responsible one, and her three sisters: perky Rose, Goth-girl Aster, and little Poppy. Add in one spoiled customer who demands the perfect bouquets for her wedding. (And whose junior bridesmaid happens to be Del's nemesis.) Place in water. Watch disaster bloom!"--P. [4] of cover.