Watercress Alex Michaelides Jin must defy the powerful

Jin must defy the powerful forces that control her city and risk everything for the friend she’s determined to save

and soon her dreams will come true

we now have the EPA and the Endangered Species Act

As a calendar of the heavens

drop out of Harvard

Watercress Alex Michaelides Jin must defy the powerfulA story about the power of sharing memoriesincluding the painful onesand the way our heritage stays with and shapes us, even when we dont see it. New England Book Award Winner A New York Times Best Childrens Book of the Year A Boston Globe Horn Book Honor Book While driving through Ohio in an old Pontiac, a young girl's Chinese immigrant parents spot watercress growing wild in a ditch by the side of the road. They stop the car, grabbing rusty scissors