Publisher: Flying Books House

Copyright Date: 2019

Edition Date: 2019 Release Date: 01/03/19

Pages: 261 pages

ISBN: 1-943345-11-2

ISBN 13: 978-1-943345-11-3

Dewey: Fic

Dimensions: 21 cm.

Subject Heading:
Seeds. Juvenile fiction.
Natural foods. Juvenile fiction.
Vegetable gardening. Juvenile fiction.
Future life. Juvenile fiction.
Seeds. Fiction.
Natural foods. Fiction.
Vegetable gardening. Fiction.
Future life. Fiction.

Language: English

Bibliography Index/Note: Includes bibliographical references (pages 257-258).

Reading Level: 4.0

Interest Level: 4-7

It's late in the twenty-first century and large corporations have merged with U.S. government agencies to control the nation's food supply. Not only is gardening and seed ownership illegal, but fresh food is unheard of by the masses who are fed the processed food groups of Vitees, Proteins, Carbos, Snacks, and Sweeties. Thirteen-year-old Clare and her brother Dante have escaped to Canada where the old ways still exist. There that they make friends with the roguish Jason and learn the political history of their own country's decline of freedoms.Meanwhile, Lily, the friend who was left behind, begins her own journey to find the father she never met-a former leader in the ill-fated Seed Savers rebellion of fifteen years earlier. From Florida to the Smoky Mountains, Lily follows the signs in search of her father and is helped along the way by the quirky characters she meets. Not to mention the attractive Arturo who shows up midway to "protect" her.Heirloom seamlessly weaves the gentle agrarian story of Clare and Dante together with the swiftly-paced adventure of Lily and Arturo. Themes of family, empowerment, and politics meet in this futuristic tale nostalgic for the past.