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Night Gardener
Night Gardener | Jonathan Auxier
A New York Times bestseller, 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.Praise for The Night GardenerSTARRED REVIEWS "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 "Auxier achieves an ideal mix of adventure and horror, offering all of it in elegant, atmospheric language that forces the reader to slow down a bit and revel in both the high-quality plot and the storytelling itself." --Bulletin of the Center for Children's Books "All proper scary stories require a spooky, menacing atmosphere, and Auxier (Peter Nimble and His Fantastic Eyes) delivers the goods with his precise descriptions of the gothic setting and teasing hints of mystery and suspense." --The Horn Book MagazineSummer 2014 Kids' Indie Next List
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LeslieO
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#5JoysFriday
🍁Spooky season reads like the tagged book
🍁Football, especially my Bills with a big trade this week
🍁Fall walks, leaves are peak this week
🍁Apple season!
🍁The trees on my street in their yellow glory

KadaGul Bills Mafia got a good trade with Amari Cooper, and Duvante Adams made the mistake of his life going to the Jets. 1mo
BarbaraJean The Night Gardener is so good!!! 1mo
kspenmoll The colors are so beautiful this season!🍁 1mo
DebinHawaii A lovely list of joys & pictures! 💛💛💛 I love apple season! 🍎🍏🍎 Thanks for sharing & spreading the joy! 🤗 1mo
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WildAlaskaBibliophile
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Eggs Fantastic 💙🩵💙 13mo
Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks Great cover 🖤 13mo
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BarbaraJean
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Another catch-up review! This was wonderful—a perfect October read for me. (I don‘t do scary/horror, but I can do kid-level scary!) I loved the tumble-down English-manor setting, and the growing feeling of unease. Its exploration of the power of stories, the lies we tell ourselves, and the enticement of desire gives the story depth and makes it much more than just a fun, creepy little tale. Definitely recommended.

elkeOriginal They almost ran out of room on this (awesome) cover for all those awards it won! 2y
BarbaraJean @elkeOriginal Seriously! Maybe there‘s room for just one more? 😂 2y
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IndoorDame
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I was surprised to learn this MG novel was written in 2014. The writing and the story both struck me as old fashioned. That, combined with the length and the genuine spookiness left me struggling to think of many kids I‘d recommend this to even though I enjoyed reading it myself.

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LeslieO
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Another “the podcast made me do it” situation. I ordered these two from The Novel Neighbor bookstore after listening to the Indie Press List from the Currently Reading Podcast. #TBR #Indie

LeahBergen What a lovely photo! 3y
bookishdawg That podcast is blowing up my TBR too 😂❤️ 3y
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TK-421
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“Stories come in all different kinds. . . . There's tales, which are light and fluffy. Good for a smile on a sad day. Then you got yarns, which are showy—yarns reveal more about the teller than the story. After that there's myths, which are stories made up by whole groups of people. And last of all, there's legends. . . . Legends are different from the rest on account no one knows where they start. Folks don't tell legends; they repeat them.”

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Anna from Gustine
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Not too scary, not that original, but pleasant with some moving moments. I kept flipping the pages to find out the resolution, even though I suspected what would happen. One scene with a supporting character left me in tears and I do not cry easily over books. And yet, this very same supporting character, whom I thought was pivotal, didn't really serve much of a purpose in the end. Odd. For middle-grades with some tough vocabulary.

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Sweetkokoro
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This suffered heavily from being stretched into to long of a story. Is 345 pages and only 80 of them were engaging, and they were at the end. It was a good idea just executed poorly. It would have worked much better as a short story.

Sweetkokoro @TheAromaofBooks I actually read my #doublespin book this month!! So this will also cover book one on my #bookspinbingo card! 4y
Sweetkokoro Another book down for #screamathon2020 I believe this is my 10th book so far! 4y
TheAromaofBooks Great progress!! At least it's off the list!! 4y
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Jenny
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June reads!

Mistermandolin I absolutely loved Station Eleven. Great pick! 4y
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Palimpsest
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Molly and Kip are two orphaned children who are hired as caretakers in a dilapidated Victorian home. The Windsors are trying to hide secrets from the children who day by day find their situation becoming disturbing. Molly, a storyteller herself, and her brother will have to decide what the differences are between stories and lies as they try to solve what‘s happening at the house. I loved Auxier‘s inspirations for this book included in end notes.

Eggs I liked this one too 5y
Tanisha_A This sounds good ! 5y
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JoScho
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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.
#garden #bloomingbibliophiles

Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks Cool cover!!! 5y
OriginalCyn620 That is a cool cover! 5y
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overtheedge
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@Clwojick .....A very special Thank You for the huge box of goodies for the #scarathon. I love everything in it.....cup, straws, adorable socks. Chocolate, candy,.....notebook and pen.....and 3 books. I am so pleased and feel spoilt. Thanks so much @ Clwojick. You are truly a sweetheart!. ♥️♥️
🥰♥️😻🥰❤😻🤩❤😻🤩❤😻🤩❤😻🥰❤😻🥰

Clwojick YESSSS! I am SO glad that it finally showed up. Sorry about the delay! 🙈 I hate shipping from Canada - it takes forever! Happy that you like everything ♥️ 5y
Clwojick I specifically got coffee crisp and smarties, since I know that the US doesn‘t have them. Hope you enjoy. ♥️ 5y
overtheedge @Clwojick How thoughtful!!That's so awesome, I love trying new things. I've tried the Smarties and love them. Going to have the crisps while I watch xmas movies later, thanks again.🥰😻🌟💎 #ReadNosedReindeer! 5y
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Twainy
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🎧 I‘m going to guess that this is YA since the kids are the heroes & there‘s no swearing. It‘s a spooky story about 2 Irish abandoned kids who in looking for work find themselves in a spooky old decrepit house with a family that has secrets & ghosts of course. I really should at least read the blurbs on some of these books before I pick them up. For a spooky YA book it was great so add a star to my rating if that‘s your cup of tea 😈 ⭐️⭐️⭐️2/3

KT1432 Sounds like a fun one! 5y
Twainy @lele1432 We just saw Addams Family so for absolutely no reason this book reminded me of that movie. Not even remotely similar but kids who are a little more adult-like than kid-like maybe. The book unfolds at a really good pace. 5y
KT1432 Lol! I think I'll try this one out! 5y
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Branwen
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I'm starting the #fallisbooked challenge and really excited about it! This is my first ever month long challenge! 😁🎃🍁 Thanks so much to my dear friend @DaveGreen7777 for the tag! 💕

#octobertbr This is only a small part of my tbr list for this month. Not seen here are the library books I need to read and the books I'm currently reading. I can't wait to start reading Dracula again! 👿❤🖤

@OriginalCyn620 @Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks

OriginalCyn620 Glad you‘re joining us! Can‘t wait to see your posts! 5y
DaveGreen7777 YAS!!! 😀🎉 5y
Branwen @OriginalCyn620 Thank you! I'm so excited to be a part of it! 🤗💕 @DaveGreen7777 😁👍💕📚 5y
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Clwojick
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I loved this book! Another great option for today‘s #ChillingPhotoChallenge #Haunted prompt.

#TeamSlaughter

Chrys I love that cover 💙 5y
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Clwojick
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Tackled this by flipping between the audiobook and the physical book, so I got through it pretty quickly. I absolutely loved this book, and found it gave perfect Halloween vibes.

Two children arrive at a large home to tend to the family in exchange for shelter. While cooking, cleaning & tending to the garden they start to see glimpses of something dark and mysterious...perhaps the same something that is making the Windsor family so pale & unwell?

SauerPatch Halloween-y and creepy is not my thing but this does sounds intriguing 😄 5y
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Clwojick
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The break pages between parts are stunning! #SummersEndReadathon

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Clwojick
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Chapter 9: The Room At the Top of the Stairs

#SummersEndReadathon

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Clwojick
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@4thhouseontheleft Here is one of the pages in the very beginning of the book! 😍

alisiakae That‘s beautiful! 5y
TheSpineView 😍 5y
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Clwojick
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I‘m doing a restart of this one! I read 1/3 of it last fall, but I never got around to finishing it off... and of course now I‘m forgotten most of what I‘ve read. Luckily, I have the audiobook downloaded also, so I‘ll be tackling it on both platforms. 📚🎧 Book 4 for #SummersEndReadathon

jb72 That one sounds interesting! 5y
mrp27 I enjoyed this one, my kind of spooky. 5y
ShelfRighteous Love creepy. Added this to tbr😁 5y
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Clwojick
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“The calendar said early March, but the smell in the air said late October.” #1stsentence

SW-T I didn‘t know what email was until I got to college. 5y
Clwojick @SW-T How are you liking the book so far? 5y
LapReader It started with a message request on Facebook. 5y
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Scochrane26 It was a bright cold day in April, and the clocks were striking thirteen. 5y
brittanythebookdragon Althea Proserpine is raising her daughter on fairy tales. 5y
RamsFan1963 Consciousness reintegrated slowly out of fragments, like the threads of a frayed rope coming together. 5y
allureofbeauty “The captain and his wife were asleep in each other‘s arms.” 5y
flying_monkeys “Even as the branch-line train came into the station I was saying to myself: “It‘s not too late. You could go straight back even now.” 5y
SW-T It sounded intriguing but it‘s not holding my interest 🙄 5y
Clwojick @SW-T ah, that‘s a bummer! I hate when that happens. 5y
SW-T Yeah, but it clears space for something else! 5y
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julesG
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A tree that makes your desires come true. A dark man who haunts the house at night, leaving muddy footprints. Two Irish orphans looking for a home. A storyteller. A family of four living in the forest...

A fantastic story.

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julesG
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Week 5 Check-in

#BFCR2 #TeamFlow @CocoReads @Reecaspieces @Moony @imabusybee @laurenslibrary @LibrarianJen @britt_brooke @wanderinglynn

My fitbit counts floors upon floors since I'm wearing it on my wrist. Definitely a bug. My guess is I've managed about a third of those floors, so roughly 60.

41 Books in total

britt_brooke Rock star! Great week! 🙌🏻 5y
Megabooks Fantastic!! 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻 5y
wanderinglynn Are you sure it‘s a bug? Because it measures changes in elevation. Either way, you had a fantastic week! 🙌🏻 Way to go! 🎉 5y
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julesG @wanderinglynn Thanks. Yes, I know it measures the changes in elevation, but the Fitbit One wasn't made for wearing on the wrist. It's supposed to be carried in your trouser pocket, or clipped to a belt or bra. It's probably why most of the newer Fitbits, worn on the wrist, no longer support floor counting. 5y
wanderinglynn Ah, I didn‘t realize your had the Fitbit one. That makes sense. 👍🏻 Still, I‘m sure you got quite a few stairs in. 5y
sudi Awesome! 👏👏👏 5y
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julesG
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Sitting outside next to Penny the Witch listening to the tagged #audiobook and working on a pair of fingerless mittens.

14 hours so far, probably more. Didn't take precise times.

#24B4Monday #readathon @TheReadingMermaid @Andrew65 @jb72

jb72 Great job! 5y
Andrew65 Fantastic time. 👏👏👏 5y
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julesG
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Ice cream is supposed to help sore feet. I don't have sore feet, but my market bag was so heavy today - lots of vendors gave me extra stuff at the end of the market day.

After carrying it all home, I chopped veggies, peaches, gooseberries,... Froze some, made jam out of the fruit and made frozen banana yoghurt.

#BFCR2 #TeamFlow @CocoReads @Reecaspieces @Moony @imabusybee @laurenslibrary @LibrarianJen @britt_brooke @wanderinglynn

#audiobook

imabusybee So eating ice cream with your hands then. 😍yummy!! 5y
julesG @imabusybee No, put the hand under the large plate. 5y
Soubhiville Frozen bananas puréed in the blender is a favorite of mine too! I haven‘t tried adding yogurt, sounds like a great idea! 5y
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julesG @Soubhiville Yoghurt and/or peanut butter, or almond butter 5y
Soubhiville Mmmmmm! Thanks for the ideas! Hope your hand feels better. 5y
wanderinglynn Frozen banana yogurt sounds delicious! 😋 5y
CocoReads Frozen banana yogurt sounds great! 5y
CaroPi I now want to make frozen banana yogurt 5y
julesG @Soubhiville Thanks. Might get a blister on the middle finger. I'll proudly tape it with bright yellow plaster. 👿 5y
julesG @wanderinglynn @CocoReads @CaroPi So easy to make. Chop bananas, without peel of course. Freeze bananas. Put frozen bananas in blender. Add some plain yoghurt (I had plain Greek yoghurt - divine!). Blitz for about 20 seconds on highest setting. 5y
Amandajoy How does ice cream help sore feet? 5y
julesG @Amandajoy It's more a reward than an actual remedy. For more information you will have to ask @CoverToCoverGirl. I learned that trick from her. 😁 5y
Amandajoy That makes sense. I was thinking you might have to put it on your feet or something. Figured it must be a good remedy if you were going to waste perfectly good ice creamm 5y
BooknerdsLife Awww sounds like a great day 🥰💖👏🏼 And now I want to try frozen banana yogurt too 😍😋🍌 5y
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Branwen
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Meeting Jonathan Auxier was an absolute hoot! He signed my book and then drew a 'crappy' portrait of me! 🤣😂 #nerdcamp

LibrarianRyan Horrid lie portrait. Truest crap. 👍🏻😁 5y
Blueberry Fun ! 5y
Branwen @LibrarianRyan @Blueberry Yes! 🤣😂😉 5y
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saresmoore I love it! 5y
Bette ❤️ absolutely loved Sweep: The Story of a Girl and Her Monster 5y
Branwen @saresmoore Thank you! 🤗💕 @Bette Oooh! I haven't read that one! Is it a sequel to Peter Nimble or is it a stand alone? 5y
Bette I haven't read Peter Nimble but I think it was a stand alone, it was so full of heart, and although the history behind it was heartbreaking, I just loved it. 5y
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GeekGirlOnAQuest
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I loved everything about this book! It‘s a story about the importance of stories, told in a beautifully creepy tale that evokes the fairy tales and fables of childhood. The characters were charming and the ending was satisfying - definitely a recommended read!

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GatheringBooks
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#NoFemmeber Day 20: More than #JustACreep(y) book, at the core of this story is darkness deeply rooted in time & fallen leaves, a desire for growth & life at the same time that it reeks of death. There is obsession here too, packaged innocuously as presents from the ‘giving tree‘ kept in full horrid bloom by The Night Gardener with the hollow eyes. The breathing tree know each heart‘s yearnings and secrets. My review: https://wp.me/pDlzr-8AU

Centique Whoa this sounds amazing! 6y
Billypar Those quotes you included sold me- sounds wonderfully creepy! And I love discussions about the nature of storytelling. 6y
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WanderingBookaneer
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I succumbed to the Audible sale. I had a lot of books in my cart and culled the list by cross checking with my library‘s audiobooks.

sammisho That is how I narrowed down my cart too! 6y
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Iceangel9
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Very creepy, very cool!

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Clwojick
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Starting this one tonight. 🎃

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Clwojick
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This was the stack that I picked up to add to my #OctoberTBR. I‘ll be reading books that fit into my #BlackCatChallenge, and some for the #Screamathon and then also some fun fall cozies! I can‘t wait! 📚☺️👻

Aside from the Charlaine Harris, I‘ve never heard of any of these books before. Have any of you lovely Littens read any of these books? I‘d love to hear your thoughts! 💭

mydearwatson I‘ve heard of _The Night Gardener_, but I haven‘t read it 😕. 6y
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toofondofbooks
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This is an excellent spooky middle grade read. #recommended

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bookish_wookish
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Quick little Goodwill haul today!!! Total $3.98 🙌🏻

Schlinkles I love Ghostgirl! 7y
GatheringBooks awesome loot! 7y
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Tamra
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I loved this story! I wouldn‘t recommend for kids under 12, as it‘s properly gothic spooky. The narration was terrific in the audio version. 🎧

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LinaLovesLit
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I‘ve posted a review of this book on my blog and Instagram account...

http://instagram.com/lina_loves_lit
https://linaemery.wixsite.com/linaloveslit

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Mccartershanon
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Day 13 🍂 Hard Lessons: what's the difference between a story and a lie? The answer might surprise you #awesomeautumnbooks

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Mccartershanon
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Completely unexpected, totally blew me away! See the full review here: https://youtu.be/HJO0W3T1GGI 💕📖

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Mccartershanon
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So. Freaking. Good. 10/10

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Mccartershanon
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"Funny things wishes. You can't hold them in your hand and yet just one could unmake the world."

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Mccartershanon
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Percy loves reading with me

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Mccartershanon
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"A lie hurts people, a story helps them." "But helps them do what? That's the real question."

RaimeyGallant Deep. 7y
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Mccartershanon
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I literally can't put this book down! So glad to see middle grade books are still telling these kinds of stories

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Mccartershanon
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Do they still count as stories we the other person thinks they're true? - The Night Gardener pg 52

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Mccartershanon
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It happened!!!!! My book store has shopping carts!!!!!! *dies*

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Kyrie.Lynelle
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Just the right amount of scary for my 4th grade class. The characters were dynamic and easy to love, plus the chapters were short, and always ended on a cliffhanger- perfect for a read aloud! All in all, I'd give this one ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

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UnabridgedTomes
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Perfect training wheels for the soon-to-be-Ray-Bradbury fan in your life. Creepy, sinister, and intriguing, the ghosts haunting the pages will stay within the covers without following you into your nightmares (which is a plus for young readers or grown ups like me who are allergic to horror).

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UnabridgedTomes
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Taking advantage of my three-year-old-free weekend to reread Station Eleven and three new-to-me books, too.