Mother Day is just around the corner, and Emily Arrow is completely panicking. She desperately wants to give her mom the perfect present, but her plans are turning into a massive disaster. The beautiful marigold seed she planted at school is refusing to grow, leaving her with nothing but a soggy milk carton full of dirt. Emily knows she cannot hand over a box of mud on such a special holiday. Just when she is ready to give up hope, a stroke of genius hits her. With a little bit of unexpected help from her classmate Linda Lorca, Emily comes up with the greatest gift idea in the world. The only problem is that the big day is only forty-eight hours away. You will be turning the pages as fast as you can to see if Emily has enough time to pull off her brilliant plan and give her mother a holiday surprise she will never forget.