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The Gardener

Sarah Stewart

200040 pagesabout 35–55 minutes
2000
first published
  • 1997Farrar Straus Giroux · ENGISBN 9780374325176
  • 2000Farrar, Straus and Giroux (BYR) · 40 pages · ENGISBN 9780374425180
  • 1998Live Oak Media · ENGISBN 9780874994285
  • 1998Live Oak Media · ENGISBN 9780874994308
  • 2003Live Oak Media · ENGISBN 9781591123125
  • 2004Frances Lincoln Childrens Books · 40 pagesISBN 9781845070083
  • 2001Tandem Library · ENGISBN 9780613291736
  • 2007Square Fish · 40 pages · ENGISBN 9780312367497
PlayfulWhimsicalShort read

A series of letters relating what happens when, after her father loses his job, Lydia Grace goes to live with her Uncle Jim in the city but takes her love for gardening with her.

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Written forMiddle grade
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