The Lotus Seed Author: Sherry Garland
Illustrator: Tatsuro Kiuchi
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
Subgenre: Vietnam, Moving, Plants
Theme: family, caring, symbolism
Primary: Ba
Secondary Characters: Ba's grand children
Award(s): n/a
Date of Publication: 1997
Publishing company: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
This is a wonderful children's picture book about a woman named Ba who is forced out of Vietnam to a place where she is not familiar. She has collected a lotus seed from the Imperial Garden to keep with her through heartache, trials, happiness, and good deed. This lotus seed was something that she cherished and wanted to share the story behind the beautiful flower...
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