The Gardener by S.A. Bodeen

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The Gardener by S.A. Bodeen

233 pages

Truman Nominee 2012/13

Big weekend for reading, and this was by far the best book. Once I started reading, I couldn't put it down till I was done. Mason shows up unexpectedly at his mother's work at a nursing home. He wants answers. How does she have money set aside for his college when she can barely pay the bills, with a hefty bar tab on top. But what he finds there, four catatonic teenagers, leads to more and more questions. To calm himself down, he pops in the DVD of his unknown father's voice reading The Runaway Bunny. Surprisingly, the lines from the story wake one of the girls, and now Mason has to figure out what to do with the terrified girl on top of what to do about his mother. This book on the outside seemed a little far fetched, and I have trouble describing it. But it flows so smoothly. Bodeen is amazing! I highly recommend this, as well as The Compound. Great SciFi that teens will love.