When Roo's parents are murdered, she is sent to live with an uncle on a mysterious island called Cough Rock. The house is creepy--it used to be a hospital for children with tuberculosis. She hears strange sounds, meets some odd children, and finds a walled-off, almost dead garden.
If you've read The Secret Garden, you might know what happens next. This is basically a modern retelling of that story. I picked this one up because I loved Ellen Potter's other book, Slob, and because it looked like it might be quite a good mystery. It was good enough for me to finish, but sadly, not quite as compelling as I hoped.
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