The Night Gardener, a scary story by Jonathan Auxier
Type
Label
The Night Gardener, a scary story by Jonathan Auxier
Language
eng
Illustrations
illustrations
Index
no index present
resource.interestAgeLevel
Ages 10-14
Literary Form
fiction
Main title
The Night Gardener
Oclc number
858845308
Responsibility statement
a scary story by Jonathan Auxier
resource.studyProgramName
Accelerated Reader, 4.9.Reading Counts!, 4.9.Accelerated Reader/Renaissance Learning, MG, 4.9, 12.0, 166191.Accelerated Reader AR, MG, 4.9, 12.0, 166191.Reading Counts RC, 6-8, 4.3, 19, Quiz: 63712.
Summary
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 family are not quite what they seem. Soon the children are confronted by a mysterious spectre and an ancient curse that threatens their very lives
Table Of 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
Target audience
pre adolescent
Contributor
Creator
Genre
Subject
- Ghost stories
- Horror stories
- Frères et sœurs -- Romans, nouvelles, etc. pour la jeunesse
- Horror fiction
- Dust jackets (Bindings) -- 2014
- Siblings -- Juvenile fiction
- Art de conter -- Romans, nouvelles, etc. pour la jeunesse
- Fantasy fiction
- Habitations -- Romans, nouvelles, etc. pour la jeunesse
- Ghosts -- Fiction
- Orphans -- Fiction
- Bénédiction et malédiction -- Romans, nouvelles, etc. pour la jeunesse
- Blessing and cursing -- Juvenile fiction
- Household employees -- Fiction
- Orphans -- Juvenile fiction
- Siblings -- Fiction
- Household employees -- Juvenile fiction
- Histoires de fantômes
- Dwellings -- Juvenile fiction
- Blessing and cursing -- Fiction
- Storytelling -- Fiction
- Horror stories
- Horror tales
- Dwellings -- Fiction
- Employés de maison -- Romans, nouvelles, etc. pour la jeunesse
- Storytelling -- Juvenile fiction
- ghost stories
Content
Author
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- Ghost stories
- Horror stories
- Frères et sœurs -- Romans, nouvelles, etc. pour la jeunesse
- Horror fiction
- Dust jackets (Bindings) -- 2014
- Siblings -- Juvenile fiction
- Art de conter -- Romans, nouvelles, etc. pour la jeunesse
- Fantasy fiction
- Habitations -- Romans, nouvelles, etc. pour la jeunesse
- Ghosts -- Fiction
- Orphans -- Fiction
- Bénédiction et malédiction -- Romans, nouvelles, etc. pour la jeunesse
- Blessing and cursing -- Juvenile fiction
- Household employees -- Fiction
- Orphans -- Juvenile fiction
- Siblings -- Fiction
- Household employees -- Juvenile fiction
- Histoires de fantômes
- Dwellings -- Juvenile fiction
- Blessing and cursing -- Fiction
- Storytelling -- Fiction
- Horror stories
- Horror tales
- Dwellings -- Fiction
- Employés de maison -- Romans, nouvelles, etc. pour la jeunesse
- Storytelling -- Juvenile fiction
- ghost stories
- Content1
- Author1
- resource.bookdesigner1
- Illustrator1
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