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This book describes a family that stop and finds watercress. The prepare this meal and the main character does not want to eat it.

The main character in this story is driving with her parents. They reach these cornfields and find watercress.

The tops of the cornstalks make lines that zigzag across the horizon.

“The paper is soaked and i‘m half afraid and half hopeful…”

This book is very descriptive in its language which helps create great imagery and feeling that is greater than the pictures.

This book was published in 2021 and received the awards of the Caldecott Medal, The Newberry Honor, and The Picture Book Award Winner for the Asian-American Assoc. This book is an adventurous book that starts in Ohio but takes an entire new journey through food and culture to relate to Asian-American culture.