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The Night Gardener

Jonathan Auxier (2014)

SubgenreChildren's Fantasy
Age groupMiddle Grade 8-12
Content ratingPG
Pages368 (Medium 300-500)
SettingSecondary World
CSM age10+
Goodreads4.05/5 (22231)

Content levels

ViolenceMild
Sexual contentNone
LanguageNone

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Age-Appropriate

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Synopsis

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.

Is The Night Gardener appropriate for my child?

Suitable for most readers 10 and up.

12+

What to know going in

This book has mild violence, no sexual content, and clean language.

Who'll love this

10+

Tags

Children'sHistoricalHorrorMiddle GradeYA