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Just finished the Introduction and I can tell this book is going to be fantastic! Perfectly suited title, which is really saying something when it comes to identification guides. It doesn't overwhelm you with identifying unusual plants you're unlikely to ever encounter in North America. It could probably be read by an intelligent and highly motivated 12-year-old/7th grader, but it does use some basic botanical terms.

I nabbed this gem from the library's 25-cent shelf, because you can't go wrong with a book by Jonathan Kozol, right? I have other non-fiction books on my TBR pile that I wanted to get to first, but I thought I'd read a couple of pages to see where Kozol was heading in this one. Thirty-four pages in, and I'm hooked. For an author who relates the experiences of the poorest children in America, it's a real page-turner!

One of those meticulously researched historical books that nevertheless remains readable to the average person.