This was another one of my Treehouse Book Club books. The story is a creepy but intriguing tale about storytelling and greed. Irish orphans, Molly and Kip, have landed in England in search of work. Molly is a storyteller and uses her stories to comfort her younger brother's fears. Molly is hired to be a servant to the Windsor family but everyone they meet on the way cautions them not to go there because the manor house in the "sourwoods" is evil. The house is built with a large tree engulfing it inside and out. The tree is the source of the evil and the family is suffering the effects of the tree's magic. The appearance of the "Night Gardener" is just one facet of the strange goings-on. Auxier has produced a story that has potential to become a classic. His masterful use of descriptive language makes this book something special. One of the book club kids declared it was one of the best books she ever read.
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