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The night garden / Polly Horvath.

Horvath, Polly, (author.).

Summary:

It is World War II, and Franny and her parents, Sina and Old Tom, enjoy a quiet life on a farm on Vancouver Island. Franny writes, Sina sculpts, and Old Tom tends to their many gardens--including the ancient, mysterious night garden. Their peaceful life is interrupted when their neighbor begs Sina to watch her children. Soon after the children move in, amid the chaos of the household, Sina sees UFOs, a hermit makes himself useful, a mystery involving the neighbor's husband and a spy plane emerges, and the night garden reveals its powers of wish fulfillment.
Twelve-year-old Franny Whitekraft lives quietly with her adopted parents on a farm on Vancouver Island until the spring of 1945 when the three Madden children move in, UFOs and ghosts appear, an important military airplane disappears, and wishes made in Old Tom's forbidden night garden will hopefully get everyone out of trouble.

Record details

  • ISBN: 9780374304522
  • ISBN: 0374304521
  • Physical Description: 292 pages ; 22 cm
  • Edition: First edition
  • Publisher: New York : Farrar Straus Giroux, 2017.

Content descriptions

Target Audience Note:
830L Lexile
Study Program Information Note:
Accelerated Reader AR MG 5.5 9 192415.
Subject: Orphans > Juvenile fiction.
Adoption > Juvenile fiction.
Gardens > Juvenile fiction.
Wishes > Juvenile fiction.
World War, 1939-1945 > Juvenile fiction.
British Columbia > Juvenile fiction.
Canada > Juvenile fiction.
Genre: Historical fiction.
Detective and mystery fiction.
Paranormal fiction.
Humorous fiction.
Action and adventure fiction.
Fantasy fiction.

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  • 25 of 27 copies available at NC Cardinal. (Show)
  • 0 of 1 copy available at Cleveland County Library System.

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Cleveland County Main Library JF HOR (Text) 22281500135484 Juvenile Fiction Checked out 05/05/2025