![]() If you listen to our podcast-Matt Garman and me on TNC Podcast-you know that I reference and recommend Acuff’s work and perspective often. Start.: Punch Fear in the Face, Escape Average, and Do Work That Matters.NOTE: Treasure trove always under construction. Description and reviews available with the included links. Thank you for your interest.īoy Who Wore Dimple Marks: A Jake Jones Storyīook No. Are you an intrigued literary explorer? Searching for stories? Jewels of word-studded books? Here you go, and, oh, I’ve slipped my books in as companions to your search… (My wife, a professor of reading: she, also, is a treasure. See, writing-reading? Get it? Good □ It is good.)Īs are these Recommended Readings. Young people who enjoy spooky stories with a gothic-like setting, a creepy plot, a menacing atmosphere, and memorable characters will like this book.Writing: a work and a craft. It is also a cautionary moral fable about human greed, the dangers of lying, and the power of storytelling. The book is said to be “a Victorian ghost story” with shades of Ray Bradbury, Washington Irving, Frances Hodgson Burnett, J. Thus, it might not be appropriate for especially sensitive readers, but there is nothing that most parents would find majorly objectionable. And there are two or three rather violent deaths. Some references to drinking wine and ale and smoking tobacco are found. As to language, one common euphemism (drat) occurs and the term “bloody hell” is found once. The book moves a bit slowly at first, but it does a good job of setting the stage and is very exciting at the end. It apparently bears no direct relationship to The Night Gardener. Will Molly and Kip be all right? Or will something bad happen to them? And will they ever find their parents? The Night Gardener is said to be the “much-anticipated follow-up to Jonathan Auxier’s exceptional debut, Peter Nimble and His Fantastic Eyes,” which I have not read but is about a blind ten year old orphan who has been schooled in a life of thievery and one fateful afternoon steals a box from a mysterious traveling haberdasher that contains three pairs of magical eyes. And something very sinister and eerie is going on at night. ![]() Strange men come around asking for money. Windsor seems to have financial problems. The woods surrounding the place have no birds. There is an ugly tree growing right up beside it and actually right into it. The children hear stories about an ancient curse and a mysterious spectre. Bertrand Windsor, his wife Constance, and their two children, Alistair and Penelope Eleanor or Penny. They sneaked away and have come to Cedar Hollow, England, where Molly lands them jobs, she as a maid and Kip as a gardener, at the old Windsor estate in the “Sourwoods.” They meet the master of the house, Mr. Molly has been comforting Kip with her storytelling ability. However, something happened to wreck the ship, and Molly and Kip found themselves in an orphanage without their Da and Ma. Two red-headed, Irish children, fourteen year old Molly McConnachie and her ten year old lame brother Kip, from County Donegal, had left Ireland with their parents for a new life during the potato famine. The Night Gardener (published in 2014 by Amulet Books, an imprint of Abrams, 115 W. No other compensation has been received for the reviews posted on Home School Book Review.Īuxier, Jonathan. Any books donated for review purposes are in turn donated to a library. ![]() (1=nothing objectionable 2=common euphemisms and/or childish slang terms 3=some cursing or profanity 4=a lot of cursing or profanity 5=obscenity and/or vulgarity)ĭisclosure: Many publishers and/or authors provide copies of their books in exchange for an honest review without requiring a positive opinion. Language level: I’m giving it a 2 (in addition to a common euphemism, the term “bloody hell” is found once)
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