9-14 years old
A01=Lindsey Leavitt
Author_Lindsey Leavitt
books about family
Category=YFH
Category=YFN
empowering books
ensemble cast
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family curse
fantasy middle grade
funny middle grade novel
magic books
middle grade adventure
neurodivergent main character
perfect birthday present
stories about cooking
whimsical books
Product details
- ISBN 9781250858528
- Weight: 404g
- Dimensions: 145 x 220mm
- Publication Date: 16 Jun 2025
- Publisher: Castle Point Books
- Publication City/Country: US
- Product Form: Hardback
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For fourteen-year-old Magnolia aka Maggie Gartner, nothing is more magical than family dinner. She’s not unique in that - anyone lucky enough to purchase a meal ticket at the Gartner’s estate in Humble Hollow, New Jersey claims the food changed their life. That’s a given when you harvest crops that purposefully alter emotions. Add in the sparkling company of an eccentric family who has hidden a centuries-old agricultural secret and you’re guaranteed a rollicking night.
Although every member of the Gartner family is exceptional, Maggie often feels like the exception. That’s going to change when Maggie cooks her first dinner and proves she’s just as Gartner as everyone else. But in the shadow of her growth, a mysterious stranger moves to town, putting the Gartners at risk of losing everything and Humble Hollow at risk of losing, well, everything else.
With the help of new kid, Graham, as well as trusty townsfolk and family folklore, Maggie must dig deep to see what others can’t, especially buried truths that feel just beyond her reach.
Devilishly absurd and heartachingly true, The Garden Just Beyond untangles themes of heritage, identity, and legacy in a tale that twists and turns until the enchanted end.
Lindsey Leavitt enthusiastically picked New Jersey for her state report in the fifth grade. She grew up in the Las Vegas desert, so visiting her aunt and uncle in "the garden state" was absolute magic (and still is). Now Lindsey lives in the Utah mountains, where she co-owns an independent bookstore, Folklore Books. There's a small vegetable patch in her backyard, but Lindsey's not great at gardening (besides chives. She's QUEEN of chives). Find out more about Lindsey and her many kid-lit books at lindseyleavitt.com
