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The Garden of Second Chances
Paperback
General Juvenile FictionScience Fiction
Publisher: Tanya G Govender
Published: Feb 17 2026
Pages: 70
Weight: 0.20
Height: 0.15 Width: 5.50 Depth: 8.50
Language: English
In the industrial town of Copperwick, winter does not simply arrive - it refuses to leave.
While the world waits for a thaw that never comes, eleven-year-old Caspian finds comfort in his grandfather's workshop, repairing clocks, gears, and broken things that make sense. People, emotions, and change are far more complicated.
But on the eve of the spring equinox, everything he believes about the world is shattered.
Hidden deep within the abandoned botanical gardens, Caspian discovers a mysterious gate that opens only once a year. Drawn by a strange mechanical hum, he steps into the Vernal Realm - a breathtaking hidden world where seasons are not natural... they are engineered.
There, he learns a terrible truth.
The colossal Season Gear that powers Spring has frozen solid, jammed by a shard of Eternal Ice. The Warden of Winter has seized control of the engine room, determined to keep the world locked in endless frost.
With only a clockmaker's tools, a ticking deadline, and an unlikely guide - a mechanical hare named Hinch - Caspian must do the impossible: repair the heart of Spring before Easter Sunday's final bell.
But fixing this world will require more than tightening bolts.
He must learn that some things cannot be forced...
They must be healed.
A magical portal fantasy about courage, growth, and the beauty of second chances - perfect for readers who love heartfelt adventures, imaginative worlds, and stories where hope is the most powerful machine of all.
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