The Humming Room: A Novel Inspired by the Secret Garden (Hardcover) by Ell Potter

from novalibrarymom

This contemporary companion to The Secret Garden has enough obvious parallels to draw comparisons, but still manages to be it's own story. It was almost TOO concise for me, but the book is well-written and a good story. It did keep me turning pages long after bedtime.

from delphica

I'm giving this three stars, although I confess that parts of the reading experience were more four stars. Roo (whose name is never explained, that I could tell) is sent to live with her mysterious uncle in his weird hospital-converted-to-a-house in the Thousand Islands. This is clearly a retelli...

from yearningtoread

The Humming Room by Ellen Potter Pages: 192 Release Date: February 28th, 2012 Date Read: 2012, January 14th-16th Received: ARC from NetGalley Rating: 4/5 stars Recommended to: 11+ SUMMARY - Roo Fanshaw is small for her age, and very shy. Her father, a man who dappled in illegal activities for a l...

from nlsobon

The story begins with Roo hiding beneath her trailer, after her father and his girlfriend are murdered. Shortly after, Roo is taken to live with her uncle - a man that she's never met, on Cough Rock. Used to being left on her own, Roo struggles to deal with the watchful eyes of her uncle's staff....

from BookRatMisty

I guess I should start by telling you how much I love the classics - how I was this weird little girl who read Oliver Twist like 45 times, or got more excited about the box of illustrated classics she got for Christmas when she was 9 than she was for the toys (in fact, she remembers none of the t...