She knows everyone in Maryville, from her best friend Arden to kind newcomer Miss Lorena to the mysterious Bee Lady.Īnd Della knows what to do when the sickness that landed her mama in the hospital four years ago spirals out of control again, and Mama starts hearing people who aren’t there, scrubbing the kitchen floor until her hands are raw, and waking up at night to cut the black seeds from all the watermelons in the house. She knows ways to keep her spitfire baby sister out of trouble (most of the time). Cindy Baldwin the author of the critically acclaimed novels WHERE THE WATERMELONS GROW, BEGINNERS WELCOME, THE STARS OF WHISTLING RIDGE, and NO MATTER THE DISTANCE (2/2023). She knows how to pick the softest butter beans and sweetest watermelons on her daddy’s farm. As a middle schooler, she kept a book under her bathroom sink to read over and over while fixing her hair or brushing her teeth, and she dreams of writing the kind of books readers can. She grew up in North Carolina and still misses the sweet watermelons and warm accents on a daily basis. Twelve-year-old Della Kelly has lived her whole life in Maryville, North Carolina. Cindy Baldwin is a fiction writer, essayist, and poet. Where the Watermelons Grow A Washington Post KidsPost Summer Book Club Selection An Indies Introduce and Indie Next title Stared reviews from SCHOOL LIBRARY JOURNAL, BOOKLIST, SHELF AWARENESS, and PUBLISHERS WEEKLY.įans of THE THING ABOUT JELLYFISH and A SNICKER OF MAGIC will be swept away by Cindy Baldwin’s debut middle grade about a girl coming to terms with her mother’s mental illness.
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