The Gardener

by S.A. Bodeen

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When high school sophomore Mason finds a beautiful but catatonic girl in the nursing home where his mother works, the discovery leads him to revelations about a series of disturbing human experiments that have a connection to his own life.

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BooksInMirror | Feb 19, 2024 |

It was predictable, but very interesting. I liked the main character a lot. (

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clockwork_serenity | Jan 23, 2016 |

It was predictable, but very interesting. I liked the main character a lot. (

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clockwork_serenity | Jan 23, 2016 |

It was predictable, but very interesting. I liked the main character a lot. (

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clockwork_serenity | Jan 23, 2016 |

really 2 1/2 stars it was an interesting concept and i really liked the main character but it lacked something.. i guess it was not suspenseful enough or something i don't know. it just was not as good as the compound. (

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Arkansas Teen Book Award (Nominee – Level 1, Grades 7-9 – 2013)

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The Best Children's Books of the Year (Twelve to Fourteen – 2011)

Quick Picks for Reluctant Young Adult Readers (Selection – 2011)

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Melby Falls, Oregon, USA

Portland, Oregon, USA

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"If you become a mountain climber," said the little bunny,
"I will be a crocus in a hidden garden."
"If you become a crocus in a hidden garden," said his mother,
"I will be a gardener. And I will find you."
~Margaret Wise Brown

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The videotape of my father was never meant to be seen by me, and were it not for a chow mix ripping apart half my face, the man might have remained only a mysterious void.

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When high school sophomore Mason finds a beautiful but catatonic girl in the nursing home where his mother works, the discovery leads him to revelations about a series of disturbing human experiments that have a connection to his own life.

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Fifteen-year-old Mason has never known his father, but longs to. All he has of him is a DVD of a man whose face is never seen, reading a children's book. One day, on a whim, he plays the DVD for a group of comatose teens at the nursing home where his mother works. One of them, a beautiful girl, responds...

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