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What is The Night Garden about?

From Newbery Honor and National Book Award–winning author Polly Horvath comes this magical middle-grade novel about a garden that grants wishes.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, Crying Alice, begs Sina to watch her children while she goes to visit her husband at the military base because she suspects he’s up to no good. Soon after the children move in, letters arrive from their father that suggest he's about to do something to change their lives; and appearances from a stubborn young cook, UFOs, hermits, and ghosts only make life stranger. Can the forbidden night garden that supposedly grants everyone one wish help them all out of trouble? And if so, at what cost?The Night Garden is a poignant and hilarious story from the acclaimed children's author of Everything on a Waffle.“Horvath infuses her novel with such heart, zest, and humor in the small moments that she’s created a book her devoted fan base will cherish. Notably, the deniz

Who reads The Night Garden?

Author

Polly Horvath

Publisher

Square Fish, Farrar Straus Giroux

Published

2019

Language

EN

ISBN

9781250294142

Category

work of fiction

Subjects

Children'S, Fiction, Juvenile

Rating

3.37 / 5 (268 ratings)

Updated

2026-03-14