The Secret Garden meets Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children in this lush middle grade adventure about a girl determined to infiltrate her grandmother's enchanted garden with the help of some magically gifted friends.

Mallory Estate is the last place twelve-year-old Piper Peavey wants to spend her summer vacation. The grounds are always cold, the garden out back is dead, a mysterious group of children call the property home, and there&;s a rumor that Melena M. Mallory&;the owner of the estate and Piper&;s wealthy grandmother&;is a witch.

But when Piper&;s father falls ill, Mallory Estate is exactly where she finds herself.