The Dark Garden

by Margaret Buffie

Book Overview

Sixteen-year-old Thea is suffering from traumatic amnesia. As she begins to discover who she is--and who she is not--the empty places of her mind fill up with shadowy memories. Thea finds herself... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1550743449
• ISBN13: 9781550743449
• Release Date: June 1995
• Publisher: Kids Can Press
• Length: 248 Pages
• Weight: 0.30 lbs.
• Age Range: 10 to 14 years
• Grade Range: Grades 5 to 9

Customer Reviews

An unexpected gem

This book took several surprising turns. There were so many things going on it could have been a little much to follow all of the plot points, but I think it was well done and I enjoyed the storyline.

A haunting ghost story

This is one of my favorite books. I must have read it hundreds of times. I remember lines from this book that stuck with me, and shaped my trasition into adulthood. This novel captures the mysertious mind of young adults and teens while they make the difficult transition into adulthood. I remember after I read this book, I redecorated my room. I was about 14 at the time, and having a difficult time in middle school. The main character has amnesia. When she looks in a mirror, she doesn't recognize her own face. She also cannot remember her own family, the house and the town she lives in. She has been in the hospital for weeks, and nothing has come back to her about her life before the accident. When she returns home for the first time, and enters her own room, it was like going into a stranger's bedroom. I couldn't imagine walking into my room and not recognizing it! In the detailed description of her room, the author described the decorated ceiling. The ceiling was covered in sheer squares of multicolored fabric hanging down that made one feel as though they were in a fairyland. When I redecorated my room, I did this in my bedroom. :) I think this novel was well written and engaging. It is a modern ghost story for our jaded youth, who are used to the violence and crime in the world, too jaded by it to enjoy real good books. I don't know about you, but I always want to know the other books that the person reviewing a book read before and after the one they are reviewing. I think it helps improve the reccomendation. :) Some other novels I read around this time period and in a similar genre are: "Remember Me", "The Lost Mind" (similar themes as this novel!), "The Immortal", "Bury me Deep", "Whisper of Death", "Die Softly", by Christopher Pike "Whispers from the Grave" by Leslie Rule "Let me Tell you how I died..." by Simclair Smith The Fear Street Trilogy: "The Burning" (BOOK 1), by R.L. Stine. The Vampire Journals Trilogy by L.J. Smith The Secret Circle Trilogy by L.J. Smith So, if you like this novel, and want books that are similar, check out the ones I mentioned above. I hope you enjoy this fabulous young adult book as much as I did!

An all time favourite!

This book might be one of the best books I've ever read, and that's saying something. Told in amazing detail by Thea, the main character who is suffering from amnesia, you realize how different two worlds can be for the same person. Intertwined in a mystery of the memories she is having that aren't hers, Thea is challanged with romance and spooks...I was so scared at times and then at other times I just wanted to smile and never stop because it was so good. Margaret Buffie has real talent for developing characters and I could see the house they were living in exactly. The book really brought out my emotions and I would recommend it to anyone! :)

Wonderful!

I think this book is fantastic, full of wonderful details ofThea's life and the dark garden. The mystery is filled with spookystuff, too. My sister and I both read it and we both loved it. We talked about it for ages after. I read it in a few days and it kept my interest right to the end.

Mysterious, yet interesting

It was very mysterious at first, but very interesting. A young girl was riding her bike one day and fell and hit her head on the sidewalk, but doesn't remember a thing, not even her name.But something happened when she fell and now she has to find out why and what is doing this to her.

This was the best ghost story I've ever read!

Anyone who likes ghost stories would LOVE this book! I swear, it's the best book I've read in a long time! I usually take 2 weeks to read a book, but I got this one done in 4 days! I couldn't put it down! Everything in the book seemed so realistic, and had a spooky feeling throughout the whole book. I would recommend it to anyone who loves supernatural or ghost stories!