Forget-Her-Nots, by Amy Brecount White

Forget-Her-Nots, by Amy Brecount White
YA, 2010

From the jacket summary: Something - some power - is blooming inside Laurel. She can use flowers to do things. Like bringing back lost memories. Or helping her friends ace tests. Or making people fall in love. Clues and signs and secret messages seem to be all around Laurel at Avondale School, where her mother had also boarded as a student. Can Laurel piece everything together quickly enough to control her power, which is growing more potent every day?
Raspberry: I used to be a professional florist (which included my own business - yes, it was so much fun), so the summary caught me right away. I was thrilled with all of the illusions to the language of flowers and how every bud or greenery meant something. I enjoyed how Laurel had enough confidence to set out and do things herself, although I was surprised she didn't know at least a few more names of flowers. I closed the book desperately wanting a copy of The Language of Flowers which is apparently available no where or a figment of the author's imagination. Either way, if you're a fan of flowers (and who isn't?), and enjoy a good story about loss, growth, and love, then I'd snatch this up when you get a chance. There is some mild language and a few crude comments.
Graded a B.