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A young girl is driving in Ohio with her parents when they spot watercress growing by the side of the road. The mom shouts Look! and they stop the car. They haul us out of the back seat. We are told to untie our sneakers, peel off our socks, and roll up our jeans. We have to help them gather it.
is written by Andrea Wang and illustrated by Jason Chin. And it s based on the author s childhood. My parents actually did spot watercress growing by the side of the road in rural Ohio where I grew up, Wang says. And I was horribly embarrassed . for me to have to get out and gather food from this muddy ditch, really just made me aware of how different I was from my peers.
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