Don’t Eat Me! The Almost True Story of Belladonna by Kate Finney Norton heartbreaking elegy to how memory

heartbreaking elegy to how memory makes relationships eternal

And now what happened long ago is happening again

Bellis knows that to show dissent is a death sentence

But when they fall in love

Don’t Eat Me! The Almost True Story of Belladonna by Kate Finney Norton heartbreaking elegy to how memoryEveryone in the forest knows about Belladonna that tall, beautiful plant whose berries are so delicious that they're forever being gobbled up. Day after day, poor Belladonna is nibbled at until there's almost nothing left of her. But unlike the animals who can leap, climb, or fly away, Belladonna, being a plant, is firmly rooted in place. So what's a plant to do to survive? This is the story of how Belladonna learns to harness her own chemical powers