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The Night Gardener : a scary story, by Jonathan Auxier

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Author
Summary
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
Language
eng
Work
Publication
Extent
350 pages
Contents
  • pt. 1. Arrivals. Storyteller at the crossroads
  • The silent trees
  • Miss Penny
  • The help
  • Portrait of a lady
  • The figure in the fog
  • Pit and pockets
  • Master of the house
  • The room at the top of the stairs
  • Footsteps
  • Chamber pots
  • The stationery box
  • A visit from Fig and Stubbs
  • Catch as catch can
  • The other thing
  • The garden in the woods
  • The night man
  • A rude awakening
  • Roots
  • Behind the door
  • pt. 2. Pursuits. Special delivery
  • Sweets
  • Doctor Crouch
  • Cold hands, warm heart
  • The pallor
  • Horse apples
  • Ichor
  • Asleep
  • To market
  • A story bought, a story sold
  • The legend of the Night Gardener
  • Fruit
  • Collapse
  • Leeches and lizards
  • A spirited debate
  • Traps
  • Camera obscura
  • Shears
  • The broken bough
  • pt. 3. Departures. The last story
  • Alone in the dark
  • Return to the Sourwoods
  • Body of evidence
  • Flight
  • Unwelcome guests
  • Trust
  • Comeuppance
  • Hide-and-go-seek
  • Lamp oil
  • Moonlight
  • The hero and the damsel
  • Courage
  • The conflagration
  • Ashes
  • What happened next
  • Storyteller at the crossroads
Isbn
9781419711442
Instance
Label
The Night Gardener : a scary story
Title
The Night Gardener
Title remainder
a scary story
Statement of responsibility
by Jonathan Auxier
Creator
Author
Subject
Genre
Language
eng
Summary
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
Summary
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.
Theme
Storyline
Pace
Tone
Writing style
Award
  • ALA Notable Children's Book, 2015
  • Canadian Library Association Book of the Year Award for Children, 2015.
  • Carolyn W. Field Award (Pennsylvania), 2015.
  • Flicker Tale Children's Book Award (North Dakota) for Juvenile Fiction, 2017.
  • International Reading Association Children's Book Award for Intermediate Fiction, 2015.
  • Monica Hughes Award for Science Fiction and Fantasy, 2015.
  • School Library Journal Best Books: Fiction, 2014
  • Silver Birch Award (Ontario), Fiction, 2015
  • TD Canadian Children's Literature Award, 2015.
  • Westchester Fiction Award, 2015.
  • OLA Best Bets, 2014.
Awards note
Young Hoosier Book Middle Grades 6-8 Award nominee, 2016-2017
http://library.link/vocab/ext/novelist/bookUI
10315689
Cataloging source
DLC
http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
Auxier, Jonathan
Dewey number
[Fic]
Illustrations
illustrations
Index
no index present
Intended audience
  • 009-014
  • 690
Intended audience source
Lexile
Interest level
MG
LC call number
PZ7.A9314
LC item number
Nig 2014
http://library.link/vocab/ext/novelist/lexile
690
Literary form
fiction
http://library.link/vocab/ext/novelist/minGradeLevel
  • 4
  • 6
Reading level
4.9
http://library.link/vocab/resourcePreferred
True
Study program name
Accelerated Reader AR
http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
  • Ghosts
  • Household employees
  • Brothers and sisters
  • Orphans
  • Storytelling
  • Blessing and cursing
  • Dwellings
  • Horror stories
  • JUVENILE FICTION / Horror & Ghost Stories
  • JUVENILE FICTION / Fantasy & Magic
  • JUVENILE FICTION / Family / Siblings
  • Household employees
  • Brothers and sisters
  • Orphans
  • Storytelling
  • Blessing and cursing
  • Dwellings
Target audience
pre adolescent
Label
The Night Gardener : a scary story, by Jonathan Auxier
Instantiates
Publication
Carrier category
volume
Carrier MARC source
rdacarrier
Content category
  • text
  • still image
Content type MARC source
  • rdacontent
  • rdacontent
Contents
pt. 1. Arrivals. Storyteller at the crossroads -- The silent trees -- Miss Penny -- The help -- Portrait of a lady -- The figure in the fog -- Pit and pockets -- Master of the house -- The room at the top of the stairs -- Footsteps -- Chamber pots -- The stationery box -- A visit from Fig and Stubbs -- Catch as catch can -- The other thing -- The garden in the woods -- The night man -- A rude awakening -- Roots -- Behind the door -- pt. 2. Pursuits. Special delivery -- Sweets -- Doctor Crouch -- Cold hands, warm heart -- The pallor -- Horse apples -- Ichor -- Asleep -- To market -- A story bought, a story sold -- The legend of the Night Gardener -- Fruit -- Collapse -- Leeches and lizards -- A spirited debate -- Traps -- Camera obscura -- Shears -- The broken bough -- pt. 3. Departures. The last story -- Alone in the dark -- Return to the Sourwoods -- Body of evidence -- Flight -- Unwelcome guests -- Trust -- Comeuppance -- Hide-and-go-seek -- Lamp oil -- Moonlight -- The hero and the damsel -- Courage -- The conflagration -- Ashes -- What happened next -- Storyteller at the crossroads
Control code
20179072
Dimensions
22 cm
Extent
350 pages
Isbn
9781419711442
Lccn
2013047655
Media category
unmediated
Media MARC source
rdamedia
Other physical details
illustrations
System control number
  • (OCoLC)ocn858845308
  • (OCoLC)858845308
Label
The Night Gardener : a scary story, by Jonathan Auxier
Publication
Carrier category
volume
Carrier MARC source
rdacarrier
Content category
  • text
  • still image
Content type MARC source
  • rdacontent
  • rdacontent
Contents
pt. 1. Arrivals. Storyteller at the crossroads -- The silent trees -- Miss Penny -- The help -- Portrait of a lady -- The figure in the fog -- Pit and pockets -- Master of the house -- The room at the top of the stairs -- Footsteps -- Chamber pots -- The stationery box -- A visit from Fig and Stubbs -- Catch as catch can -- The other thing -- The garden in the woods -- The night man -- A rude awakening -- Roots -- Behind the door -- pt. 2. Pursuits. Special delivery -- Sweets -- Doctor Crouch -- Cold hands, warm heart -- The pallor -- Horse apples -- Ichor -- Asleep -- To market -- A story bought, a story sold -- The legend of the Night Gardener -- Fruit -- Collapse -- Leeches and lizards -- A spirited debate -- Traps -- Camera obscura -- Shears -- The broken bough -- pt. 3. Departures. The last story -- Alone in the dark -- Return to the Sourwoods -- Body of evidence -- Flight -- Unwelcome guests -- Trust -- Comeuppance -- Hide-and-go-seek -- Lamp oil -- Moonlight -- The hero and the damsel -- Courage -- The conflagration -- Ashes -- What happened next -- Storyteller at the crossroads
Control code
20179072
Dimensions
22 cm
Extent
350 pages
Isbn
9781419711442
Lccn
2013047655
Media category
unmediated
Media MARC source
rdamedia
Other physical details
illustrations
System control number
  • (OCoLC)ocn858845308
  • (OCoLC)858845308

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