Eight-year-old Jack Brandugan has a lot to accept: his father has left, his mother is sick, and what’s left of his family has to move away to live with his grandparents. Then a backyard discovery and an invitation into his grandmother’s greenhouse gives him an idea: if he can grow his mother a rare orchid, he can make her well and bring his father home.

Young Adult/Adult fiction
Reading level: Grade 5-plus

Based on true events, Book 2 of the Finding Maria series by Jennifer Hatt