From the beginning, I didn't know where it was going to go or what was coming next.

The story was unique, mysterious, and entertaining. What an incredible, funny, quirky, and enjoyable read. This was the first Polly Horvath novel that I have read but it most certainly will not be my last! She lives on Vancouver Island with her husband and two daughters. Now that her children are in school, she spends the whole day writing, unless she sneaks out to buy groceries, lured away from her desk by the thought of fresh Cheez Whiz. She has taught ballet, waitressed, done temporary typing, and tended babies, but while doing these things she has always also written. She attended the Canadian College of Dance in Toronto and the Martha Graham School of Contemporary Dance in New York City. Christie Award, the international White Raven, and the Young Adult Canadian Book of the Year. Her numerous awards include the Newbery Honor, the National Book Award for Young People's Literature, the Boston Globe-Horn Book Honor, the Vicky Metcalf Award for Children's Literature, the Mr.

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 acclaimed children's author Polly Horvath.ĭieser Download kann aus rechtlichen Gründen nur mit Rechnungsadresse in D ausgeliefert werden.Polly Horvath is the author of many books for young people, including Everything on a Waffle, The Pepins and Their Problems, The Canning Season and The Trolls. 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. 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. Franny writes, Sina sculpts, and Old Tom tends to their many gardens-including the ancient, mysterious night garden. It is World War II, and Franny and her parents, Sina and Old Tom, enjoy a quiet life on a farm on Vancouver Island. From Newbery Honor and National Book Award-winning author Polly Horvath is this magical middle-grade novel about a garden that grants wishes.

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