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Description
When orphaned Irish siblings Molly and Kip arrive to work as servants at a creepy, crumbling English manor house, they discover that the house and its inhabitants are not what they seem. Soon the siblings are confronted by a mysterious stranger and the secrets of the cursed house will change their lives forever. This much-anticipated follow up to Jonathan Auxier’s exceptional debut, Peter Nimble and His Fantastic Eyes, is a Victorian mystery in the tradition of Washington Irving and Edgar Allan Poe. The Night Gardener is a mesmerizing read and a classic in the making.
Author Bio
JONATHAN AUXIER teaches creative writing and children's literature. He is the author of Peter Nimble and His Fantastic Eyes, which was a Manitoba Young Readers' Choice Award Honour Book and was also shortlisted for the Monica Hughes Award for Science Fiction and Fantasy and the Diamond Willow Award. His second book, The Night Gardener, was shortlisted for the Governor General's Award, the Silver Birch Award and the CLA Book of the Year for Children Award. His third book, Sophie Quire and the Last Storyguard, received four starred reviews and was shortlisted for the Sunburst Fantasy Award in Canada. Auxier grew up near Vancouver and now lives in Pittsburgh with his family.
www.thescop.com Social: @jonathanauxier
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Prizes
- Blue Spruce AwardWinner 2017
- Silver Birch Award for FictionShort-listed 2014
- Governor General's Literary Award - Children (English)Short-listed 2014
Review Quotes
Selected, Quill & Quire's list of Books of the Year, 2014
“It has all the elements of an amazing Gothic mystery: two orphans looking for a home, a remote and mysterious location, strange creatures wandering at night, a forbidden room, a family secret, and a storyteller’s warning. Readers of all ages will find it hard to put this book down!” - Resource Links
“The Night Gardener is a highly satisfactory instance not only of the traditional Gothic thriller but of a thriller in the broad sense, with a great deal of action and genuinely appealing protagonists." - The National Post
“Very imaginative and clever, with traditional fairy-tale storytelling, it’s a richly spooky read .... Skewing a bit older (and maybe a bit scarier) than middle grade, it is much more a fable about avarice and the inherent goodness in storytelling than anything else, and more Sleepy Hollow and Jane Eyre than Harry Potter. It’s very refreshing to find such a comprehensive story in a standalone book, especially one with humour, kindness, and some real evil." - The Globe and Mail
“It has all the elements of an amazing Gothic mystery: two orphans looking for a home, a remote and mysterious location, strange creatures wandering at night, a forbidden room, a family secret, and a storyteller’s warning. Readers of all ages will find it hard to put this book down!” - Resource Links
“The Night Gardener is a highly satisfactory instance not only of the traditional Gothic thriller but of a thriller in the broad sense, with a great deal of action and genuinely appealing protagonists." - The National Post
“Very imaginative and clever, with traditional fairy-tale storytelling, it’s a richly spooky read .... Skewing a bit older (and maybe a bit scarier) than middle grade, it is much more a fable about avarice and the inherent goodness in storytelling than anything else, and more Sleepy Hollow and Jane Eyre than Harry Potter. It’s very refreshing to find such a comprehensive story in a standalone book, especially one with humour, kindness, and some real evil." - The Globe and Mail
