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Dark Garden, The
by Margaret Buffie
Product Group: Book
Publisher: Kids Can Press, Ltd. (1996-09-01)
ISBN: 1553370910
EAN: 9781553370918
UPC: 625816709109
Paperback: 240 pages
Reading Level: Young Adult
SKU: 6247
Condition: Good
Comments: Binding: Softcover. Condition: Good. Writing on page edges and inside front cover.
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Editorial Reviews
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Product Description
In this Gothic novel by award-winner Margaret Buffie, 16-year-old Thea is suffering from traumatic amnesia. As she returns home and begins to rediscover who she is, the empty places of her mind fill up with shadowy memories. When she begins to hear voices from the past, she must find out what these ghosts want with her. By facing the ghosts, Thea comes to terms with her life. Her search will have young adult readers eagerly turning the pages to the very end.
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Customer Reviews
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A haunting ghost story
Rating  (5)
Date: 2005-12-25
2 out of 2 customers found this reveiw helpful
This is one of my favorite books. I must have read it hundreds of times. I remember lines from this book that stuck with me, and shaped my trasition into adulthood. This novel captures the mysertious mind of young adults and teens while they make the difficult transition into adulthood.
I remember after I read this book, I redecorated my room. I was about 14 at the time, and having a difficult time in middle school. The main character has amnesia. When she looks in a mirror, she doesn't recognize her own face. She also cannot remember her own family, the house and the town she lives in. She has been in the hospital for weeks, and nothing has come back to her about her life before the accident. When she returns home for the first time, and enters her own room, it was like going into a stranger's bedroom. I couldn't imagine walking into my room and not recognizing it! In the detailed description of her room, the author described the decorated ceiling. The ceiling was covered in sheer squares of multicolored fabric hanging down that made one feel as though they were in a fairyland. When I redecorated my room, I did this in my bedroom. :)
I think this novel was well written and engaging. It is a modern ghost story for our jaded youth, who are used to the violence and crime in the world, too jaded by it to enjoy real good books.
I don't know about you, but I always want to know the other books that the person reviewing a book read before and after the one they are reviewing. I think it helps improve the reccomendation. :) Some other novels I read around this time period and in a similar genre are:
"Remember Me", "The Lost Mind" (similar themes as this novel!), "The Immortal", "Bury me Deep", "Whisper of Death", "Die Softly", by Christopher Pike
"Whispers from the Grave" by Leslie Rule
"Let me Tell you how I died..." by Simclair Smith
The Fear Street Trilogy: "The Burning" (BOOK 1), by R.L. Stine.
The Vampire Journals Trilogy by L.J. Smith
The Secret Circle Trilogy by L.J. Smith
So, if you like this novel, and want books that are similar, check out the ones I mentioned above. I hope you enjoy this fabulous young adult book as much as I did!
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the dark garden
Rating (5)
Date: 2005-01-10
The Dark Garden was an exellent book.thea who had had a byicle accident which caused her to get amnesia tries to find out who she is and who she isnt,when she comes back home hoping somthing will make her remember but she starts remembering some elses memories,but whos memories theas or someone elses,she thinks she has gone nuts and might have broken done if it wasnt for lucus who helps her discover a mystery on something that had happened long ago.it is full of action and drama and recomend it to any one who likes action,drama and romance all mixed into one.
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twists & turns- why to read this book!
Rating  (4)
Date: 2002-06-20
I read this book and absolutely fell in love with it! It is one of those novels that forces you to believe one thing, and all of a sudden, something else happens. Absolutely mysterious and written beautifully... very passionate.
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Good but annoying
Rating (4)
Date: 2001-04-06
0 out of 2 customers found this reveiw helpful
I enjoy these kind of stories and I would have liked it except the main character was soooooo annoying! She was rude and disrespectful. I just thought that it was hard to pay attention to the plot when you had a whinny 16-year-old in your face. Over all, the story was good and you might find Thea nice and interesting. Go ahead and try it out! You'll probably enjoy it.
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An all time favourite!
Rating (5)
Date: 2001-02-27
2 out of 3 customers found this reveiw helpful
This book might be one of the best books I've ever read, and that's saying something. Told in amazing detail by Thea, the main character who is suffering from amnesia, you realize how different two worlds can be for the same person. Intertwined in a mystery of the memories she is having that aren't hers, Thea is challanged with romance and spooks...I was so scared at times and then at other times I just wanted to smile and never stop because it was so good. Margaret Buffie has real talent for developing characters and I could see the house they were living in exactly. The book really brought out my emotions and I would recommend it to anyone! :)
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