Weslandia
Books / Hardcover
Books › Juvenile Fiction › Science & Nature › General
ISBN: 0763600067 / Publisher: Candlewick, June 1999
When school ends and Wesley needs a summer project, he decides to start a garden, but instead of planting a crop, he decides to grow an entire civilization of his own.
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Weslandia honors the misfits — and the creators — among us.School is over and Wesley needs a summer project. Having learned that every civilization has a staple food crop, he decides to plant a garden and start his own — civilization, that is. He turns over a plot of earth in his yard, and plants begin to grow. Soon they tower above him and bear a curious-looking fruit. As Wesley experiments, he discovers that the plant will provide food, clothing, shelter, and even recreation. It isn't long before neighbors and classmates have developed more than an idle curiosity about Wesley and exactly how he is spending his summer vacation. Enter the witty, intriguing world of Weslandia.
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