Evie reluctantly moves with her widowed father to Beaumont, New York, where he has bought an apple orchard, dismissing rumors that the town is curs...
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Mar 17, 2008
Timnah
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I'm not terribly impressed with this one, though I thought for the first 3/4 of the book that I might be. The intriguing theme is marred and tarnished by cheap sentimentalism at the end.
Also, I listened to the audiobook, and though the young reader had developed impressively distinct voices for all the main characters, the determinate nature of those voices actually impeded her delivery of nuances in conversation--and made one of the primary characters seem four or five years younger More...
Also, I listened to the audiobook, and though the young reader had developed impressively distinct voices for all the main characters, the determinate nature of those voices actually impeded her delivery of nuances in conversation--and made one of the primary characters seem four or five years younger More...
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Aug 29, 2011
Miriam
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Garden variety message-drive fantasy for younger readers, of the sort in which the fantasy elements are merely tools or metaphors for conveying some Wisdom to Grow On about valuing your family (they love you! even if they don't show it and in fact totally neglect you!), living in the real world, not grieving excessively, and those sort of ideas that seem to inhabit Books Where the Mother Dies. Oh, and don't mess around with supernatural crap, it is bad. That attitude and inclusion of homeschooli
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Jul 01, 2011
Alyssa
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Evie can't believe it when her father decides to move from Michigan to New York shortly after her mother dies. She is even more angry to find that they have moved into a house next to a dead orchard that her father is trying to bring back to life. Worse yet, there is a cemetery there, too. And it's not her mom's cemetery. The first day they arrive there is a funeral going on for a young boy, Alex. Soon, Evie notices the ghostly shadow of a boy. She gathers up enough courage to start talking to h
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Mar 30, 2010
Susie
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What a beautiful unsung hero in the YA genre it has everything a ghost story, coming of age, dealing with grief and some fairytale/fantasy/magical realism elements thrown in.
11 year-old Evie doesn’t believe in magic anymore not since her mother died. After all if magic were real her mother would still be alive. But when Evie moves to Beaumont, NY where her father has bought a withered apple orchard that the townspeople whisper is cursed, she learns about a lost girl, receives a myste More...
11 year-old Evie doesn’t believe in magic anymore not since her mother died. After all if magic were real her mother would still be alive. But when Evie moves to Beaumont, NY where her father has bought a withered apple orchard that the townspeople whisper is cursed, she learns about a lost girl, receives a myste More...
Feb 27, 2010
Mark
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This is the story of a girl whose Mother has died. She seems kind of bitter about her father not being like her mom for much of the book. Anyway, she and her father move into a new place with an orchard full of dead-seeming trees. People say the orchard is cursed. Her father sets out to cultivate it, and bring the trees back to health. She meets a kid who says he's a ghost. He matches the description of a boy who recently died.
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That's about as much as I can say without spoiling it. An More...
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May 22, 2010
Wendy
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A poignant story that follows a girl's journey as she struggles to accept loss. Evie is full of anger when her father uproots her and moves to an apple orchard far away from all the things she loves--including her mother's final resting place. But a strange history, and rumors of a curse, surround the orchard and the girl with her same name that dissapeared decades ago.
Soon she meets a friend, a boy who died the week before they moved in, and together search for a way to bring their More...
Soon she meets a friend, a boy who died the week before they moved in, and together search for a way to bring their More...
Sep 10, 2011
John
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I am not one to write long flowery, or deeply in depth book reviews. My desire is simply to say if I liked it or not, and why.
The Garden Of Eve is a beautiful little book that explores life, love, loss, and the power of love to overcome death and disbelief. True the book was written for a middle school audience, but it was mature and quick enough to keep my attention.
It started off a bit slow, and seemed somewhat aimless at first, and even though I was worried I might end up More...
The Garden Of Eve is a beautiful little book that explores life, love, loss, and the power of love to overcome death and disbelief. True the book was written for a middle school audience, but it was mature and quick enough to keep my attention.
It started off a bit slow, and seemed somewhat aimless at first, and even though I was worried I might end up More...
Jul 21, 2008
Lisa
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I was thoroughly disappointed. The characters weren't well developed and the plot was thin and contrived. It was just too sappy, predictable and had way too many Biblical allusions for me.
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Sep 05, 2010
Kim
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The next time I read this book, I want it to be on a cold, late-fall night. This book sucked me into its atmosphere like few others have managed to, with its shivering cold and withering dead trees. This is a modern day fairy tale if there ever was one, and I mean that in the best way possible; it deals with a very real fear, that of death and loss, and does so in a fresh and original way. I'm familiar with the story of the Garden of Eden, but I didn't catch all of the symbolism, though some of
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Mar 03, 2008
Samantha
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This book was sooooooooo good! I read it in 2 days. The book is mysterious as the ending is so suprising!
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Aug 07, 2010
Miranda
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this book was a book about a girl named eve that moved recently after her mothers passing.she moved to an old creepy house with a grave yard on the side of the house and an apple orchard in the back.a few days after the settled in they met maggy.an old women who run the only store near by.it was eves birthday so maggy gave her a seed that was rodneys.one day maggy saw a boy in the grave yard.she went to go see who he was..but when she go down there the boy was gone.soon she became friends
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Apr 24, 2010
Jacki
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Really, I am giving this book 4 and a half stars, but that doesn't seem to be an option. I have been waiting about 2 years to read this book, although it feels like forever and ever. Finally, during my banning of new books, I was able to get it through PaperbackSwap and I am so glad I did. It is a short, simple tale of loss. Evie is a wonderful little girl struggling with the death of her mother and her recent move from Michigan to New York. In her new town she makes wonderful new friends a
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Feb 12, 2009
Andy
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After the recent death of her mother, Evie moves with her father from Michigan to New York. Both family members are suffering, but each copes in their own unique way. Evie's father puts all of his energy into saving and tending their newly acquired apple orchard--an orchard that is dying from a supposed curse. Evie struggles to hold onto the memories of her mother's stories and beliefs in magic.
As the story progresses, Evie receives a mysterious seed, befriends a ghost named Alex, More...
As the story progresses, Evie receives a mysterious seed, befriends a ghost named Alex, More...
Nov 04, 2011
Tracy
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When your 13 yr old daughter says, "Mom, this is the best book EVER!", you get that book and you read it!
I thought this was a nice story about an 11 yr old girl coming to terms with the recent death of her mother, and trying to figure out how she would make her way in the world without her mom. My daughter found the story to be filled with mystery, magic and was even spooked out in some spots.
Granted, she enjoyed this book more than me, and I had more fun watch More...
I thought this was a nice story about an 11 yr old girl coming to terms with the recent death of her mother, and trying to figure out how she would make her way in the world without her mom. My daughter found the story to be filled with mystery, magic and was even spooked out in some spots.
Granted, she enjoyed this book more than me, and I had more fun watch More...
Sep 20, 2011
Mommywest
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Evie reluctantly moves with her widowed father to Beaumont, New York, where he has bought an apple orchard, dismissing rumors that the town is cursed and the trees haven't borne fruit in decades. Evie doesn't believe in things like curses and fairy tales anymore—if fairy tales were real, her mom would still be alive. But odd things happen in Beaumont. Evie meets a boy who claims to be dead and receives a mysterious seed as an eleventh-birthday gift. Once planted, the seed grows into a tree overn
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Dec 27, 2010
Nikki (Wicked Awesome Books)
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For eleven year old Evie, moving with her father from Michigan to New York is torture. Not only is she leaving behind her family and friends and the only life she’s known, but she’s leaving behind her Mom, who died ten months ago from cancer. For Evie, the apple orchard means nothing and her life is devoid of magic because her mom is gone, but with the gift of a seed an adventure blooms. One that may help Evie believe in magic once more.
Evie’s story is heartfelt with lovely little to More...
Evie’s story is heartfelt with lovely little to More...
Oct 29, 2008
Holly
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Reviewing this book is hard because I am not quite sure why exactly I didn't like this book. This book was not what I expected. It was a mix of fantasy and reality and it seemed like Going couldn't decide which way to go. When Evie and Adam go into the alternate world it seems like an awkward break in the story. Although it explains the "curse" of the orchard, I don't know if it worked...maybe because the scenes weren't developed enough for my liking or because of the short time Go
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Nov 14, 2008
Smaileh
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I picked this book up after a couple of teens told me they had read it and enjoyed it.
Evie is mourning her mother, who died of cancer not long ago. Her father, too, is in mourning, and their grief has isolated them from each other. Evie's father, an orchard worker, has bought an apple orchard that is regarded as cursed by the people in the town. Evie is not happy at having to leave her Michigan home and is even less happy when she discovers that their new house faces the cemetery. Th More...
Evie is mourning her mother, who died of cancer not long ago. Her father, too, is in mourning, and their grief has isolated them from each other. Evie's father, an orchard worker, has bought an apple orchard that is regarded as cursed by the people in the town. Evie is not happy at having to leave her Michigan home and is even less happy when she discovers that their new house faces the cemetery. Th More...
May 04, 2008
Jennifer
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Evie's mother used to make up stories for her. They were magical, beautiful, and so terribly missed when her mother died. Evie is miserable without her mother, and her father decides to sell the home their family had once shared and move onto an apple orchard. That only makes life more miserable for Evie.
The apple orchard is grey, the trees are all dead, and they haven't produced fruit in years. Evie's father is busy beyond be More...
Evie's mother used to make up stories for her. They were magical, beautiful, and so terribly missed when her mother died. Evie is miserable without her mother, and her father decides to sell the home their family had once shared and move onto an apple orchard. That only makes life more miserable for Evie.
The apple orchard is grey, the trees are all dead, and they haven't produced fruit in years. Evie's father is busy beyond be More...
Jan 03, 2008
payasa213
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The Garden of Eve is a great book. It's by the author K.L.Going. Eve doesn't believe in magic since her mother died of cancer when she was 8 years old. Her mother would always tell her stories, but now she's gone and Eve doesn't have anybody to tell her stories anymore.3 years later her father wants to leave Michigan and live in Beaumont,New York.There is supposingly a curse in this town that nothing ther gorws. And Eve's father likes to make things grow so he goes there to procve that there is
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Aug 27, 2011
Amy
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After Evie's mother dies of cancer, her whole world is turned upside down. Her father, unable to bear living in the same place, moves them across the country to a house that is not only in a dead apple orchard, but also near a cemetery. Everyone in the town says that the orchard is cursed, but because of her mother's death, Evie no longer believes in curses or fairy tales. It's only when she receives a mysterious seed and decides to plant it that she begins to see that magic is all around her, a
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Dec 11, 2011
Dayna
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After Eve's mother dies of cancer, her father moves her away from everyone she's ever known and all the places where memories of her mother linger to a barren apple orchard in upstate New York. Eve doesn't believe in magic anymore and hates being surrounded by death. As her father struggles to revive an orchard the townspeople say is cursed, Eve is given a mysterious seed and meets a boy who claims to be dead. A touching fairy tale of love, death, and re-birth. A must read book!
Jul 10, 2008
Heidi
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Eve's mother was the one that told the stories, but Eve's mother is dead. When her father buys a farm, Eve doesn't want to go. Neither does she want to give up the last piece of clothing that her mother bought her, even though it is too small. The trees of the orchard do not bear fruit, and Eve and her father arrive just as a funeral takes place. The boy she sees playing on gravestones seems to be a ghost. Eve has been bequeathed a seed. How did that happen? Does her mother who told More...
Dec 26, 2011
Jann
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This is a sweet sad little tale about a girl who is mourning the loss of her mother. She has a magical adventure in a mysterious orchard with a friend who is a ghost. She learns to love the life she has despite missing her mother. This is a children's book, but I don't know if a child would enjoy reading it because of the theme. I read it because my neighbor is the model for the little girl in the cover illustration of the book. How cool is that?
Mar 13, 2008
Molly
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I find myself sucked into this jacket every time I look at it. I think it's my inner twelve year old, who can tell there's some magic happening, and wants to be a part of it.
This book is nothing like WAIT TILL HELEN comes, and yet that's what it somehow reminded me of. That same sort of quietly tragic story of a girl trying to move past loss while getting caught up in something otherworldly and haunting. It's like a very junior version of PAN'S LABYRINTH, minus the terror and More...
Mar 24, 2011
I loved this book. My 6th grade reading teacher, Mrs. Caprioli, recommended it to me. I actually thought it was going to be weird but I was really hooked. Evie has to move with her dad right after her mom passed away. They move to an orchard. Evie meets this ghost boy and they go back in time and barley make it back to the present day in time and they are almost stuck there. I really liked this book though. <33
Feb 23, 2011
Jody
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Dec 09, 2010
Tammy
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Although this book was geared toward the younger (then I) reader, I found it touching and endearing. It is a story about a young girl coming to terms with the loss of her mother and her relationship with father, who is lost within his own grief. This is a book which warms the heart as the character grows and learns more about her family. A bitter sweet book which I would recommend.
Oct 19, 2008
Theresa
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This book was very juvenile in storytelling and content not to mention the huge type. On the bright side, it didn't take me long to read it.
After Evie's mother dies, her father moves her to New York where he has bought property and an apple orchard that hasn't produced fruit in many, many years.
Evie's mother always told her fairy tales which her father doesn't believe in, so when Evie meets Alex, the ghost of dead boy who lives in the cemetery next to her new house, sh More...
After Evie's mother dies, her father moves her to New York where he has bought property and an apple orchard that hasn't produced fruit in many, many years.
Evie's mother always told her fairy tales which her father doesn't believe in, so when Evie meets Alex, the ghost of dead boy who lives in the cemetery next to her new house, sh More...
