Dear Mr. Sprouts (A Little ark book)

Winner, Children's and Young Adults Award, Western Australian Premier's Book Awards 1992 Shortlisted, Best Senior Fiction, Multicultural Children's Literature Awards 1992Dear Anke, Thank you for the seeds. We found them on Wednesday. I planted them in old trays from the shed, but ants got some. My dad said it's funny you sent mountain ash, because they used to grow here before we came. Yours faithfully, Frederick ForthWhen Anke releases a green balloon with an envelope of seeds attached, and Freddie finds it, they have no idea how this will affect their lives and alter the bare hills of Freddie's farm.Freddie's blunt letter begins a friendship that deepens over the years as the city girl and country boy share their thoughts, and cope with the adventures and difficulties that come their way...an understated, reflective novel with subtly revealed characters...Reading Time