Hautala, Beth

"Never having met a plant that wouldn't bloom or bud for her, thirteen-year-old Persephone, whose brother has an irreversible brain injury, finds the only thing growing are the lies and secrets she's been keeping to save her family . . . With the help of unexpected allies including a wonderful but peculiar old woman and her possibly magical cat, Persephone learns that while planting the seeds of truth is never easy, everything blooms when it's ready"--Publisher.

"Olivia, eleven, has a knack for finding lost things but when she promises her brother, Jacob, that she will find his ostrich, she hopes its return will cure his autism"--Provided by publisher.

After her mother dies and not even their shared hidden jar of wishes gives her comfort, twelve-year-old Talia's father, a whale researcher, drags her off to Alaska for the summer. Talia, feeling abandoned by both parents, finds comfort with the wise old Inuit woman she must live with, who tells her tales of the "unicorn of the sea," which might grant wishes.