CB: The Night Gardener (CLA Children's Book of the Year) - Ages 10+
The Governor General’s Shortlisted Novel–Now Available in Paperback!
The Night Gardener follows two abandoned Irish siblings who travel to work as servants at a creepy, crumbling English manor house. But the house and its inhabitants are not quite what they seem. Soon, the children are confronted by a mysterious stranger—and an ancient curse that threatens their very lives.
Awards:
- Winner: TD Canadian Children's Literature Award
- Winner: Monica Hughes Award
- Winner: The Silver Birch Award (2015)
- Winner: Canadian Library Association Book of the Year for Children Award
- Finalist: Governor General's Literary Award
JONATHAN AUXIER teaches creative writing and children's literature. He is the author of Peter Nimble and His Fantastic Eyes, which was a Manitoba Young Readers' Choice Award Honour Book and was also shortlisted for the Monica Hughes Award for Science Fiction and Fantasy and the Diamond Willow Award. His second book, The Night Gardener, was shortlisted for the Governor General's Award, the Silver Birch Award and the CLA Book of the Year for Children Award. His third book, Sophie Quire and the Last Storyguard, received four starred reviews and was shortlisted for the Sunburst Fantasy Award in Canada. Auxier grew up near Vancouver and now lives in Pittsburgh with his family.
www.thescop.com Social: @jonathanauxier