The Gargoyle in My Yard

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Dundurn, Apr 1, 2009 - Juvenile Fiction - 128 pages

Commended for the 2009 Resource Links Best Books and for the 2010 Best Books for Kids and Teens, short-listed for the 2012 Diamond Willow Award

Chosen for the Toronto Public Library's 2015 Great Reads for Kids collection

What do you do when a 400-year-old gargoyle moves into your backyard? Especially when no one else but you knows he’s ALIVE? Twelve-year-old Katherine Newberry can tell you all about life with a gargoyle. Hes naughty. He gets people into trouble. He howls at the moon, breaks statues and tramples flowers to bits, all the while making it look like you did it! He likes to throw apple cores and stick his tongue out at people when they aren’t looking. How do you get rid of a gargoyle? Do they help the gargoyle leave for good? If you’re like Katherine and her parents, after getting to know him, you might really want him to stay.

 

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Contents

Prologue
1
Chapter One
3
Chapter Two
6
Chapter Three
9
Chapter Four
15
Chapter Five
18
Chapter Six
23
Chapter Seven
25
Chapter Thirteen
54
Chapter Fourteen
59
Chapter Fifteen
69
Chapter Sixteen
78
Chapter Seventeen
84
Chapter Eighteen
91
Chapter Nineteen
98
Chapter Twenty
105

Chapter Eight
33
Chapter Nine
40
Chapter Ten
42
Chapter Eleven
49
Chapter Twelve
51
Chapter Twentyone
108
Epiloque
112
A Note on Gargoyles
113
Copyright

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Philippa Dowding
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The Gargoyle in My Yard
Philippa Dowding
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Philippa Dowding
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Common terms and phrases

apples asters back door back fence backpack backyard beautiful Bloor Street breath bushes can’t candy Cassandra Castle Frank Chapter Christmas claw cold couldn’t creatures Crystal Knights dark dinner dwarves Elaine England Asters eyes face father flowers flying front Gargoth looked gently going Golden Nautilus hadn’t Halloween happy he’s head hot chocolate jumped Katherine asked Katherine heard Katherine thought Katherine took Katherine’s dad Katherine’s mother Katherine’s parents knew laughing leathery little gargoyle Milly mother’s Mozart neighbours Newberrys night okay pedestal piano piano lesson porch pouch quiet quietly raccoon fight rude Sarah scary seemed shoes sidewalk sighed sitting sleep slowly smelled smiled snow sound spoke stared started statue stay stomped stopped street streetcar stuck his tongue subway suddenly swing talking tell things tree trick-or-treaters turned walked wasn’t watched What’s whispered window wings witches worried yard yelled You’re

About the author (2009)

Philippa Dowding is an award-winning magazine copywriter, poet and children’s author. Her books in the Lost Gargoyle series were nominated for the Diamond Willow 2011 and Silver Birch Express 2012 Awards. The character of Gargoth was inspired by a visit to an odd antique store populated with mysterious gargoyles. Philippa lives in Toronto.

Bibliographic information

TitleThe Gargoyle in My Yard
Volume 1 of Lost Gargoyle
AuthorPhilippa Dowding
PublisherDundurn, 2009
ISBN1459704991, 9781459704992
Length128 pages
Subjects ›  › 

Juvenile Fiction / Fantasy & Magic
Juvenile Fiction / General
Juvenile Fiction / Social Themes / Poverty & Homelessness
  
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