![]() There are also exotic and oversized bugs that find ways to communicate only with Polly. On the fantastical side of the farm there is a "truly weeping cherry blossom tree" that really does cry, an enchanted lake in which nothing can die, an always flowering magnolia tree and ruby flowers that produce actual gems. ![]() There is actually quite a bit of science in this book, most of it coming from Mr Dail, Polly's science teacher. George's mother, Flannery, a bit of a botanist herself, cultivated a giant rhubarb plant when she learned that the oxalic acid in the leaves of the plant could aid in the mending the hole in the ozone layer. Amidst fields of rhubarb, including chocolate rhubarb that allows kids to eat their veggies and candy at the same time, there is a laboratory where Polly's father, George, a scientist, does research on the medicinal properties of the plant. A mixture of the magical and the mundane, the farm is a bit like an agrarian Disneyland. ![]() ![]() Eleven-year-old Polly Peabody, who narrates the story, lives on Rupert's Rhubarb Farm. Although there are magical elements, contemporary, real life is the setting for both of these books. ![]() A unique fantasy novel, drizzle reminds me a bit of Ingrid Law's marvelous Newbery Honor winner, Savvy. ![]()
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