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Description for Poison Garden
Paperback. A bewitching gothic mystery from the award-winning author of Century, as a young boy inherits a magical garden of healing and harm. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: 5AN; YFB. Category: (Y) Teenage / Young Adult. Dimension: 199 x 130 x 20. Weight in Grams: 204.
It is the 1850's, and a young boy, Thomas, leaves his family to be apprenticed to a pharmacist, at the behest of his dead grandmother. He also inherits a magical box from her, which provides him entry into a mysterious garden. But while visiting it, he sees a ghostly vision of his grandmother, who tells him she was poisoned, and warns him that he must find the person responsible, and save her precious garden. For she was one of five members of an arcane guild, each of whom cultivated an individual garden, mastering the art of poison, perfume and medicine. ... Read more
It is the 1850's, and a young boy, Thomas, leaves his family to be apprenticed to a pharmacist, at the behest of his dead grandmother. He also inherits a magical box from her, which provides him entry into a mysterious garden. But while visiting it, he sees a ghostly vision of his grandmother, who tells him she was poisoned, and warns him that he must find the person responsible, and save her precious garden. For she was one of five members of an arcane guild, each of whom cultivated an individual garden, mastering the art of poison, perfume and medicine. ... Read more
Product Details
Condition
Used, Good
Publisher
Simon & Schuster Children's UK
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Number of Pages
288
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781847382979
SKU
KDK0011937
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 2 to 4 working days
Ref
99-1
About Sarah Singleton
Sarah Singleton was born in Northamptonshire, studied in Nottingham and has travelled widely. She lives in Chippenham with her family and worked until recently as senior reporter for the Wiltshire Gazette & Herald. She is the author of Century, Heretic, Sacrifice and The Amethyst Child for Simon and Schuster.
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