Question: How to Grow a Miracle?

In fact, when Mr. Neely asked the class to find an important question and answer it using the scientific method, he didn't mean this kind of question. But Natalie's plant scientist mother is depressed, and for Natalie, that's exactly the QUESTION that needs answering.

When her science teacher suggests she enter an egg-throwing contest, Natalie thinks it would be the perfect solution to all her problems. She can team up with her best friend Twig and the new kid, Dari, and if they win the prize, she can take her mom to see the miraculous Cobalt Blue Orchids. Natalie is sure that these magical flowers, which have survived against all odds, will give her mother a new zest for life. After all, when parents become fragile, it's up to children to save them, isn't it?

From Newberry Award winner Tae Keller, a mesmerizing novel about the science of hope, love and miracles.