Level: J DRA: 18 Genre: Fantasy Strategy: Analyze/Evaluate Skill: Story Structure Word Count: 302 Lena’s Garden by Heather Clay illustrated by Mary DePalma 1.5.21 HOUGHTON MIFFLIN Online Leveled Books ISBN-13:978-0-547-02721-0 ISBN-10:0-547-02721-4 1032759 H O UG H T O N M IF F L IN 1_027210_AL_LRSE_CVR_L21_LENA.indd 1 5/17/10 6:35:53 PM Lena’s Garden by Heather Clay illustrated by Mary DePalma Copyright © by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company All rights reserved. No part of this work may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical, including photocopying or recording, or by any information storage and retrieval system, without the prior written permission of the copyright owner unless such copying is expressly permitted by federal copyright law. Requests for permission to make copies of any part of the work should be addressed to Houghton Mifflin Harcourt School Publishers, Attn: Permissions, 6277 Sea Harbor Drive, Orlando, Florida 32887-6777. Printed in China ISBN-13: 978-0-547-02721-0 ISBN-10: 0-547-02721-4 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 0940 18 17 16 15 14 13 12 11 If you have received these materials as examination copies free of charge, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt School Publishers retains title to the materials and they may not be resold. Resale of examination copies is strictly prohibited. Possession of this publication in print format does not entitle users to convert this publication, or any portion of it, into electronic format. Lena and her family were moving to a new house in a new neighborhood. Lena was sad about moving because she had to leave her pretty garden. 2 Lena had planted all kinds of flowers and she loved to watch them bloom. She had also planted berry bushes. She gave the plants water and pulled out the weeds. Whenever she saw a sick plant, she tried to make it better. 3 Lena looked out the window at her garden. She knew that a new family was going to buy the house. She wondered if the new owne