"Best friends El and Jo are the smallest students in their class. Even their names are short. But in the springtime, something BIG happens, Jo starts spouting like a weed! El feels smaller every day. At the end of the school year, their teacher tells everyone to take a flowering plant home and care for it over the summer. At first, El is disappointed that she ends up with an aster, which is looking less than promising. Then as the growing season progresses, something wonderful happens. -- From the jacket cover.