Jonathan Auxier
Hardcover | Pages: 350 pages Rating: 4.06 | 14703 Users | 2520 Reviews
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| Title | : | The Night Gardener |
| Author | : | Jonathan Auxier |
| Book Format | : | Hardcover |
| Book Edition | : | First Edition |
| Pages | : | Pages: 350 pages |
| Published | : | May 20th 2014 by Harry N. Abrams |
| Categories | : | Fantasy. Childrens. Middle Grade. Horror. Mystery. Young Adult. Fiction. Historical. Historical Fiction |
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This much-anticipated follow-up to Jonathan Auxier’s exceptional debut, Peter Nimble and His Fantastic Eyes, is a Victorian ghost story with shades of Washington Irving and Henry James. More than just a spooky tale, it’s also a moral fable about human greed and the power of storytelling. The Night Gardener follows two abandoned Irish siblings who travel to work as servants at a creepy, crumbling English manor house. But the house and its family are not quite what they seem. Soon the children are confronted by a mysterious spectre and an ancient curse that threatens their very lives. With Auxier’s exquisite command of language, The Night Gardener is a mesmerizing read and a classic in the making.Specify Books As The Night Gardener
| Original Title: | The Night Gardener |
| ISBN: | 141971144X (ISBN13: 9781419711442) |
| Edition Language: | English |
| Literary Awards: | Mythopoeic Fantasy Award Nominee for Children's Literature (2015), Sunburst Award Nominee for Young Adult (2015), CLA Book of the Year for Children Award (2015), Pennsylvania Young Readers' Choice Award Nominee for Grades 6-8 (2016), Rhode Island Teen Book Award Nominee (2016) Dorothy Canfield Fisher Children's Book Award Nominee (2016), Goodreads Choice Award Nominee for Middle Grade & Children's (2014), Diamond Willow Award Nominee (2015), The International Literacy Association (ILA) Children's and Young Adults' Book Award for Intermediate Fiction (2015), OLA Forest of Reading Silver Birch Award for Fiction (2015), Rebecca Caudill Young Readers' Book Award Nominee (2017) |
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Ratings: 4.06 From 14703 Users | 2520 ReviewsDiscuss Regarding Books The Night Gardener
'Help me grow tall, and you shall receiveAll that you wish inside of me.' This story at first appears to be ripped from the pages of the Brothers Grimm. There are a pair of orphans, one a plucky young heroine, the other, a little lame boy. After making a deal with a beggar woman (witch in disguise?), they enter a deep, dark (enchanted?) forest. What awaits them there is deliciously forbidding, frightening and wondrous...Molly and her younger brother venture to the sinister Windsor house to gain18 MAR 2016 - stayed up well past my bedtime reading this one. Spent my lunch hour reading and kept reading through the afternoon. (Good thing the boss was out of the office!). This book is compulsively readable with just enough creepy atmosphere to cause one to turn around to ensure The Night Gardener is not behind you. Great Read!
I love the beautiful, rustic setting of the story. A brother with a bad leg and his older sister are left fending for themselves. On their way looking for work in a haunted manor as servants, they meet an old hag who claims to be a story teller. When they arrive, they discovered a giant tree shadowing the entire house, with its roots entangled in the floors and the habitants lives. Creepy stories and strange happenings build background. Its cold, dark, and hauntingly beautiful.The pace of the
Deliciously creepy! Reminds me of the books that I used to read in 4th-5th grade with one eye closed (to keep from being too scared). In the author's note he cites Something Wicked This Way Comes and The Secret Garden as influences, and, well, that pretty much sums it up!
I really loved the first 90% of this book, and then felt a little let down by the ending. It's not that the ending was bad, but I had built up certain expectations during my reading that weren't met. I don't think it's quite a spoiler to say that I wanted to know so much more about the Night Gardener himself. As I've said in many a review, a shallowly developed villain character always gets my goat. If an author takes the time to flesh out the villain, to give him a compelling back story, it
Two Irish orphans find work as servants to the Windsor family, who have moved to an old creepy house in the sourwoods. Trying to make the best of the situation, Molly cleans the house and Kip minds the stables and gardens. However, there is a sickness pervading the household and a gnarly tree abutting the house. Despite Molly's cheerfulness and wisdom through storytelling, everyone in the house suffers from bad dreams caused by an evil spirit and the tree's magic secret, which make leaving near
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