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My grandpa planted a tree for me on the day I was born. It was a pecan tree. Of all the trees in Grandpa's orchard, the one planted for his granddaughter is his favorite. She watches as Grandpa cares tenderly for each tree, from winter pruning to spring feeding; summer tending to fall harvest. She loves when the tractor shakes and shakes until pecans fall like rain. But not from her tree-her tree is special and set apart from the rest of the orchard....
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"In 1850s South Carolina, an enslaved woman named Rose faced a crisis, the imminent sale of her daughter Ashley. Thinking quickly, she packed a cotton bag with a few precious items as a token of love and to try to ensure Ashley's survival. Soon after, the nine-year-old girl was separated from her mother and sold. Decades later, Ashley's granddaughter Ruth embroidered this family history on the bag in spare yet haunting language--including Rose's wish...
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