![]() ![]() The story is narrated through the eyes of 12-years old Della, whose mom is diagnosed with schizophrenia and experiencing a psychotic episode. ![]() She knows just how she’ll do it: with a jar of the Bee Lady’s magic honey, which has mended the wounds and woes of Maryville, North Carolina, for generations.īut when the Bee Lady says the solution might have less to do with fixing Mama’s brain and more to do with healing her own heart, Della must learn that love means accepting her mama just as she is. Where the Watermelon Grow is a debut novel by author Cindy Baldwin, a novel for kids age 9 to 11+ about a family touched by schizophrenia. ![]() With her daddy struggling to save the farm and her mama in denial about what’s happening, it’s up to Della to heal her mama for good. That her mama is going to be hospitalized for months like she was last time. When 12-year-old Della Kelly finds her mother furiously digging black seeds from a watermelon in the middle of the night and talking to people who aren't there, Della worries it’s happening again - that the sickness that put her mama in the hospital four years ago is back. Fans of The Thing About Jellyfish and A Snicker of Magic will be swept away by Cindy Baldwin’s debut middle-grade story about a girl coming to terms with her mother’s mental illness. When twelve-year-old Della Kelly finds her mother furiously digging black seeds from a watermelon in the middle of the night and talking to people who arent. ![]()
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