"This is a lovely, gentle book. ... [It's] about the adjustment of one immigrant child, but it is also about the importance of beauty in life, and the ability of kindness to overcome isolation and fear." Quill & Quire

Gita, recently emigrated from India and homesick, wants to plant a garden just like her grandmother's back home. She finds an unexpected ally in her crotchety old neighbour next door, Mr. Flinch. As these two unlikely friends learn to share their love for gardening and music, Gita begins to see her lonely neighbour in a new light.