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aug sept oct nov dec can fern save her mother from a deranged plant-hating scientist isbn 978-0-375-85213-8 price $15.99 18.99 can glb 978-0-375-95213-5 glb price $18.99 21.99 can on sale 11/11/2008 trim size 5-1/2 x 8-1/4 · pages 288 carton count 12 · ages 8­12 format jacketed hardcover order form category middle-grade fiction territory us canada open market all rights trident media group llc ean 9 780375 852138 glb ean 9 780375 952135 see page 248 for details fern verdant the silver rose diana leszczynski fern wishes she had normal parents and a normal name instead she has eccentric botanist parents who named her fern after her father s favorite plant lily fern s mother assures her one day she ll understand their love of plants but fern can t believe it she hates plants and could do with less of them in her life then lily disappears suddenly while attending to a mysterious and rare silver rose fern and her dad are heartbroken but have no idea what could have happened until one day fern learns she has a one-of-a-kind talent she can communicate with plants and so could her mother using her newfound skill she learns that her mother is in terrible danger and she is the only one who can save her with a little help from her friends the plants fern verdant and the silver rose is diane leszczynski s first novel she lives in california middle-grade hardcover · 143

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