This is the good sitting around passing the time book, it could also be added to the rainy day library and the children's bedtime story library. All very important but the children's story being the most appropriate. This is a book that was good for adults to read but so descriptive that it sparks a kids imagination and interest in nature. In fact, kinda made me want to start a garden and watch things grow ad become pretty. The story revolves around two sort of orphans and their struggle to get through their problems together and become normal kids. The kids growing with the garden was a nice touch. It did get a little long in places, but it was very relaxing, like doing yoga for the mind...lol. It did leave a few holes that the many movies had to fill in for me; for example the book said something about a tree in the garden being shaped like a chair and the other kids didn't want to explain it's significance to Colin but the author didn't say why. This was mildly annoying because if you are going to add something then explain what the significance to the story is, from watching the movies I know the significance of the tree but not from the book itself which kind of blows. I also thought that the story ended a little abruptly I would have liked to see more but English literature was never the happily ever after kind of writing and I shouldn't expect every book to be that way I guess =/
Good for kids and to relax
Rating~~2
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