The Night Gardener
By: Jonathan Auxier
Molly and Kip are orphans fleeing the Irish Famine and have arrived to a creepy, dilapidated English manor that is built around a twisted tree. Their journey was marked by many warnings to not continue onward and the neighbors believe that house changes people. Once they have arrived to the manor, Windsor Estate, the children see that the father, mother, and children grow thin and pale. Molly and Kip learn why the family is this way when they open the forbidden room at the top of the stairs and discover a knothole within the tree. The knothole will give whatever is wished for, but for the price of their soul. While Molly and Kip try to stop this ancient curse there are other strange things happening at Windsor Estate, such as the muddy footprints found from a nocturnal visitor. Can Molly and Kip break the curse and save themselves before it’s too late?
By: Jonathan Auxier
Molly and Kip are orphans fleeing the Irish Famine and have arrived to a creepy, dilapidated English manor that is built around a twisted tree. Their journey was marked by many warnings to not continue onward and the neighbors believe that house changes people. Once they have arrived to the manor, Windsor Estate, the children see that the father, mother, and children grow thin and pale. Molly and Kip learn why the family is this way when they open the forbidden room at the top of the stairs and discover a knothole within the tree. The knothole will give whatever is wished for, but for the price of their soul. While Molly and Kip try to stop this ancient curse there are other strange things happening at Windsor Estate, such as the muddy footprints found from a nocturnal visitor. Can Molly and Kip break the curse and save themselves before it’s too late?
The Gallery
By: Laura Marx Fitzgerald
It’s 1929 and 13 year old Martha has been kicked out of her Catholic school. Her mother, an Irish-immigrant, is a housekeeper for a newspaper mogul and his invalid wife. She is able to get Martha a job as a kitchen maid in their New York City Mansion. Martha is intrigued by Rose, the wife, was once a vivacious women but now never leaves her bedroom, which is filled with a large art collection. The house seems to have many secrets and Martha begins to think there may be clues among the art. Can Martha decipher the clues and solve the mystery she believes in hiding in the mansion?
By: Laura Marx Fitzgerald
It’s 1929 and 13 year old Martha has been kicked out of her Catholic school. Her mother, an Irish-immigrant, is a housekeeper for a newspaper mogul and his invalid wife. She is able to get Martha a job as a kitchen maid in their New York City Mansion. Martha is intrigued by Rose, the wife, was once a vivacious women but now never leaves her bedroom, which is filled with a large art collection. The house seems to have many secrets and Martha begins to think there may be clues among the art. Can Martha decipher the clues and solve the mystery she believes in hiding in the mansion?
Currents
By: Jane Petrlik Smolik
Bones, Lady Bess, and Mary Margaret are separated by miles of ocean, but are connected by a glass bottle that makes two journeys across the ocean. In 1854, Bones, a slave girl in Virginia, finds the bottle and sets it free. Inside the bottle she includes a sheet of paper with her name on it and the peach pit her father carved into a heart when she was born. If she can’t be free, Bones is glad to know her name will be free. The bottle ends up in England the following year and is found by Lady Bess. Lady Bess is an aspiring explorer and wants to travel the world like her father. For the time being Lady Bess must stay at home with her sister and unliked step mother. When Lady Bess finds the bottle she swaps out the peach pit heart for her mother’s necklace to keep it hidden from her stepmother. The bottle is again set free and travels Boston throughout 1855. The bottle this time is found by an Irish born immigrant Mary Margaret in the Boston Harbor in 1856. Mary Margaret’s are hard workers and her sister is sick. She is able to use the necklace to get her help. The bottle, having drifted across the ocean twice has brought these three girls together, and may have more in store for the girls than they realize.
By: Jane Petrlik Smolik
Bones, Lady Bess, and Mary Margaret are separated by miles of ocean, but are connected by a glass bottle that makes two journeys across the ocean. In 1854, Bones, a slave girl in Virginia, finds the bottle and sets it free. Inside the bottle she includes a sheet of paper with her name on it and the peach pit her father carved into a heart when she was born. If she can’t be free, Bones is glad to know her name will be free. The bottle ends up in England the following year and is found by Lady Bess. Lady Bess is an aspiring explorer and wants to travel the world like her father. For the time being Lady Bess must stay at home with her sister and unliked step mother. When Lady Bess finds the bottle she swaps out the peach pit heart for her mother’s necklace to keep it hidden from her stepmother. The bottle is again set free and travels Boston throughout 1855. The bottle this time is found by an Irish born immigrant Mary Margaret in the Boston Harbor in 1856. Mary Margaret’s are hard workers and her sister is sick. She is able to use the necklace to get her help. The bottle, having drifted across the ocean twice has brought these three girls together, and may have more in store for the girls than they realize.
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