Project Mulberry by Linda Sue Park. (Multicultural)

In our area we have a youth group called 4-H and FFA (Future Farmers of America). These two groups help kids learn about agriculture in fun ways, using projects, raising animals of your own, training them, etc. In the book by Linda Sue Park, "Project Mulberry" there is a similar group called Wiggles, not really the moving wiggles, but the acronym WGGL for Work, Grow, Give, Live gets called Wiggles. Two best friends, Julia and Patrick are members and decide they want to make a project that would win first place at the State Fair. This is where the trouble begins. What kind of project could they do? The team live in town houses that won't let you have animals, and Julia and Patrick really want to win, so it will have to be something way cool. Julia's mother comes up with an idea that really excites Patrick, but not so much Julia. Her mother suggests raising silkworms like her grandmother did in Korea. For you see, Julia is Korean and she really doesn't like to emphasis that fact and this project feels too Korean for Julia. But Patrick is really hyped about it and doing all kinds of research to get ready to grow silkworms. Will Julie go along with the project or does she come up with another idea. If she does, how hard is it going to be raise the worms and do they have enough time? To find out the answers to these questions, pick up "Project Mulberry" and find out.