The Locked Garden

by Gloria Whelan and TurtleMe

Book Overview

It's the year 1900, the dawn of a new century and a chance for a new beginning for Verna and Carlie, whose mother died two years ago. They are headed to their new home--the grounds of an asylum for the mentally ill. Their father, a doctor, has been hired to treat its patients while the girls are under the strict and watchful eye of their aunt Maude. The towering asylum, the murmuring patients with their tormented pasts, the exquisite locked garden...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0060790946
• ISBN13: 9780060790943
• Release Date: June 2009
• Publisher: HarperCollins
• Length: 176 Pages
• Weight: 0.70 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 5.5" x 8.3"
• Age Range: 8 to 12 years
• Grade Range: Grades 3 to 7