February 3, 2010

The Garden of Eve

By K.L. Going

     When Evie's mother died, her father took her away to a new home on a dead apple orchard. There she learns about a boy named Alex that died a week before she moved in, old man Rodney that knew everything, and a place of wonder that's draining the real world of light. When Evie gets a birthday gift of an apple tree seed, she finds out it's from the Garden of Eden. She and the ghost of Alex, plant it on Rodney's grave in the center of the apple orchard. They find a portal to another world of which everything is colorful but there are no people. When Alex decides to stay, Evie has no choice but to leave. When Evie realizes the other world is draining life from the real world, she has to go get Alex and destroy the other world.


     I give this book 4 out of 5 stars * * * *

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