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place "outside was a bright,wild wonderland of flowers and vegetables and auto parts." ~taylor-chapter 3 page 47

Character "Mrs. parsons had on a churchy-looking dress and a small,flat white hat with a dusy velveteen bow" ~taylor-chapter 7 page 108

poem "we crossed the Arizona state line at sunup.the clouds were pink and fat and hilarius-looking,like the hippoballerinas in a Disney movie."~taylor-Chapter 3 page 37

 

 

 

persuasive"Their secret is something called rhizobia. These are microscopic bugs that live underground in little knots on the roots. They suck nitrogen gas right out of the soil and turn it into fertilizer for the plant.

The rhizobia are not actually part of the plant, they are separate creatures, but they always live with legumes: a kind of underground railroad moving secretly up and down the roots."~taylor chapter 17 page 241