Title: Heirloom

Author: S. Smith

Genre: Young Adult

Length: 300 pages

“I haven’t been this in love with a young adult series since Harry Potter,” I wrote after reading the first installment of the Seed Savers Series – Treasure – for the first time.  Having now read the second and third installments – Lily and Heirloom – I can happily say that the statement still holds true.

No, there aren’t wizards or magic.  The adventure doesn’t reach any of the same fantastical levels, but it is very epic.  It is based in a truth that could easily lend itself to being our future.  This dystopian society is so intense, because it’s so plausible.

Treasure featured two runaway kids (Clare and Dante) after their discovery of the wonderful world of planting your own seeds and growing your own food, in a government where that is forbidden.  They flee for their safety. …