Boyds Mills Press The summer my father was ten, paperback/pat brisson

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Every year my father and I plant a garden.

Tomatoes, peppers, onions, marigold, and zinnias grow in neat, straight rows.

and every spring my father tells me about Mr.

Bellavista and the summer my father was ten.

-From the book.

That was the summer the boy lost a baseball under a tomato plant in Mr.

Bellavista's garden.

And someone tossed a tomato back instead of the baseball.

A lively battle took place, which seemed like great fun at the time, but in the end Mr.

Bellavista's garden had been destroyed.

In a touching story of one boy's efforts to make amends, we see the rebuilding of a garden and the forming of a relationship across generations.

With luminous, beautifully detailed watercolors, the artist has captured both the sadness and the quiet joy woven throughout the tale.