Webb, Holly Return to the Secret Garden, 240 pages. Sourcebook Jabberwocky, 2016. $17. Content: G.
Emmie and the other orphans are being evacuated from London
because of the War and the bombings, sent off to a manor house near the
moors. Emmie was forced to leave behind
Lucy, the stray cat she befriended and is having a hard time settling in to the
new place. When she finds a diary
written by a long ago little girl who was also lonely. Emmie follows the clue and finds the garden.
I don’t want to give too much away about this sequel tribute
to the original. While not as compelling
or lyrical as the original, it is a nice follow-up for those who ever wondered
what became of the garden and all of the characters. If you really want readers to find this, I
would treat it and label it like a sequel, otherwise it will probably never get
any attention. (FYI - This is much better than the 1997 book with the same
name)
EL, MS – OPTIONAL.
Cindy, Library Teacher
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