The Song of Orphan's Garden

De: Nicole M. Hewitt

Narrado por: Esther Wane, Keval Shah

Combining the gentleness of Miyazaki, the wintry wonderland of The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe, and the whimsicality of Newbery winner The Girl Who Drank the Moon, Nicole M. Hewitt's debut middle-grade novel, The Song of Orphan's Garden, is an enchanting fantasy tale with all the makings of a new classic.

In an arctic world that's getting colder every day, Lyriana's only hope of survival is to get her little brother Zave and herself to the fabled Orphan's Garden. It’s rumored to be the one place in the world not controlled by deadly Winter Spirits or ruled by the tyrant Giant king. In Orphan’s Garden, healing trees will melt away Winter’s pains, and Lyriana and Zave can live safely in the warmth of Spring. If the garden exists, they must find it. They won’t live much longer without it.

Brob, a Giant boy, also needs sanctuary. When the Giant king banishes his family to the Winter Blight, it’s a death sentence. Orphan’s Garden is his family’s only hope, and as far as Brob’s concerned, it belongs to him. After all, he was the one who accidentally used an ancient magic to grow the garden years ago. He has no intention of sharing his haven with pesky humans, who will just use up its magic and ruin it.

When it becomes clear that Orphan’s Garden is in danger of being destroyed, Lyriana and Brob are the only ones who can save it?but only if they can put the ages-old battle between Humans and Giants aside and find a way to work together.

©2025 Nicole M. Hewitt (P)2025 Dreamscape Media

Reseñas de la Crítica

A free verse tale that’s shot through with DNA from Oscar Wilde’s The Selfish Giant. . . . Lyrical in both themes and language, with resonances both literary and ecological. (A Junior Library Guild Selection)

Pulls you into this world on page 1

Children, who like fantastic world building and strong teen characters will love this book. It’s a novel-in-verse that pulls the reader into the story from the very first page. The language is lovely and builds a wonderful story of a magical world where children need a garden with a healing tree to escape winter. The spring garden is a great refuge but opens more danger as they must figure out who to trust among the Giants and Humans. My only complaint is that I wanted to stay in this world a little longer.in this world a little longer.