The Garden of Eve - by K L Going (Paperback)

About the Book

Mixing spine-tingling chills with a deeply resonating story that explores grief, healing, and growth, this magical tale is of a girl grieving her mother, a town with a curse, and a mysterious apple seed given to the girl by someone she's never met.

Book Synopsis

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 overnight, but only Evie and the dead boy can see it--or go where it leads.

Review Quotes

"Believably and with delicacy, Going paints a suspenseful story suffused with the poignant questions of what it means to be alive, and what might wait on the other side."--The Horn Book "Symbolism abounds in this beautifully written book."--Booklist

About the Author

K. L. GOING is the author of Fat Kid Rules the World, a Michael L. Printz Honor Book; Saint Iggy; The Liberation of Gabriel King; and King of the Screwups. She lives and writes full-time in Glen Spey, New York.www.klgoing.com