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Elvgren, Jennifer Riesmeyer.
JOSIAS, HOLD THE BOOK
Honesdale, PA : Boyds Mills, 2006.
IL K-3, RL 3.9
ISBN 1590783182
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Josias lives in Haiti.  He and his family work hard to grow enough food to eat.  It is Josias' job to plant the beans and tend to them.  They have always grown well but this year they just aren't growing.  Josias tries everything he can think of to help the beans grow.  Will he discover the secret to growing the beans?
SUBJECTS:     Gardening -- Fiction.
                        Education -- Fiction.
                        Family life -- Haiti -- Fiction.
                        Haiti -- Fiction.
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