The Night Gardener : a scary story / by Jonathan Auxier.
Material type:
TextPublisher: New York : Amulet Books, 2014Description: 350 pages : illustrations ; 22 cmContent type: - text
- unmediated
- volume
- 141971144X (hardback)
- 9781419711442 (hardback)
- 9781419715310
- 1419715313
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Children's Book
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Dr. James Carlson Library | Children's Fiction | Auxier Jonathan | Available | 33111008574283 | ||||||
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Children's Book
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Main Library | Children's Fiction | Auxier Jonathan | Available | 33111007564293 | ||||||
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Children's Book
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Main Library | Parent/Teacher Resource Collection-Children's | Auxier Jonathan | 2017 | Available | Flicker Tale Award Winner | 33111009579646 |
Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:
A New York Times bestseller, Jonathan Auxier's The Night Gardener 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.
"Lots of creepiness, memorable characters, a worthy message, Auxier's atmospheric drawings and touches of humor amid the horror make this cautionary tale one readers will not soon forget." -- Kirkus Reviews , starred review
"Storytelling and the secret desires of the heart wind together in this atmospheric novel that doubles as a ghost tale." -- School Library Journal , starred review
Irish orphans Molly, fourteen, and Kip, ten, travel to England to work as servants in a crumbling manor house where nothing is quite what it seems to be, and soon the siblings are confronted by a mysterious stranger and secrets of the cursed house.