A review by kristenremenar
The Summer My Father Was Ten by Pat Brisson

4.0

A boy thoughtlessly destroys his neighbor's garden, but when he sees how he's devastated the old neighbor, he returns the next spring to help him plant a new garden. It's nice to see a story where the main character decides for himself to make things right, rather than having punishment imposed from outside. This is a good way, too, for kids to see that the choices they make as a kid can affect them for the rest of their lives - the story is told by a girl who plants a garden every year with her dad, because he remembers what he learned the summer he was ten.