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Hero archetypes
Heroine archetypes
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Tropes
Synopsis
When high school sophomore Mason finds a beautiful but catatonic girl in the nursing home where his mother works, the discovery leads him to revelations about a series of disturbing human experiments that have a connection to his own life.
Is The Gardener appropriate for my child?
Suitable for most readers 13 and up.
Teen discovers a conspiracy involving human experimentation that connects to his own past. Contains disturbing medical/scientific themes and moderate tension around captivity and manipulation, but violence is not graphic.
What to know going in
This book has moderate violence, no sexual content, and mild language. Content notes include captivity, human experimentation, and medical trauma (see the full list above).
Who'll love this
A gripping mystery where a teen uncovers shocking secrets about dangerous experiments that hit closer to home than he ever imagined.