Blog Tour ~ The Secret Garden on 81st Street by Ivy Noelle Weir ~ 15 Reactions While Reading
Morning all~
A happy welcome to the Blog Tour for The Secret Garden on 81st Street by Ivy Noelle Weir!! I am just so so happy I can be part of the tour as I just adore the original Secret Garden book and I was eager to find out how the author changed it and what stayed the same. I was curious about this new Mary.
For today’s post I got a 15 reactions I had while reading which was tons of fun to do. I would rate the book 4.5 stars. Next to the 15 reactions I also got information on the book and the author!
Let’s get this tour stop started for real~
15 Reactions I had while Reading.
The Secret Garden with a twist: in this follow-up to Meg, Jo, Beth, and Amy, this full-color graphic novel moves Mary Lennox to a New York City brownstone, where she and her very first group of friends restore an abandoned rooftop garden…and her uncle’s heart.
Mary Lennox is a loner living in Silicon Valley. With her parents always working, video game and tech become her main source of entertainment and “friends.” When her parents pass away in a tragic accident, she moves to New York City to live with her uncle who she barely knows, and to her surprise, keeps a gadget free home. Looking for comfort in this strange, new reality, Mary discovers an abandoned rooftop garden and an even bigger secret…her cousin who suffers from anxiety. With the help of her new friends, Colin and Dickon, Mary works to restore the garden to its former glory while also learning to grieve, build real friendships, and grow.

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About the author:
LIvy Noelle Weir is a writer of comics and prose. She is the co-creator of the Dwayne McDuffie Award-winning graphic novel Archival Quality (Oni Press), the upcoming The Secret Garden on 81st Street (Little, Brown for Young Readers), and her writing has appeared in anthologies such as Princeless: Girls Rock (Action Lab Entertainment) and Dead Beats (A Wave Blue World). She lives in the greater Boston area with her husband and their two tiny, weird dogs.


