this classic story is celebrating its 40th anniversary beginning in september of 2012 hope for the flowers is an inspiring allegory about the realization of ones true destiny as told through the lives of caterpillars stripe and yellow who struggle to climb to the top before understanding that they are meant to fly falling in love is never easy but falling in love with an immortal god while your days on earth are numbered is almost more than a young girl can bearnewbery honor author gail carson levine has created a stunning new world of flawed gods unbreakable vows and ancient omens in this spellbinding story of kezi a girl confronted with a terrible destiny attempting to thwart her fate kezi and her love olusthe god of wind and lonelinessembark on a series of dangerous and seemingly impossible quests