Children's Books (ages 8-12) • Novel

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THE LAST GARDEN

Füsun Çetinel

Editor: Müren Beykan

A lush green oasis in the midst of concrete lives...

In her latest children’s novel, Füsun Çetinel draws attention to rapidly urbanizing neighbourhoods and the vanishing green spaces in the cities. She inspires courage and hope for the positive transformation of our living spaces, encouraging readers to imagine cities where both humans and animals can thrive. The novel, woven with the intersecting stories of colourful characters, is an adventure filled with surprises where decisions in harmony with nature take root.

Overview

The building where Zeynep lives with her family is soon to be demolished due to urban transformation and she’s heartbroken at the thought of leaving her best friend, Tunç. Not even winning a competition by designing her dream park can lift her spirits. Luckily, they find a new flat in the same neighbourhood. The garden floor of the apartment, whose residents are all elderly people, is a mess, but although neglected the garden is magnificent. Amidst the chaos of moving and an assignment to visit a grumpy colonel in a retirement home, the two friends stumble upon a sneaky plot involving the neighbourhood’s last garden…

AUTHOR

Füsun Çetinel

She was born in İstanbul. Çetinel graduated from the English Language Teaching Department of Boğaziçi University. She works as an instructor and facilitator in writing workshops in Turkey and abroad. Her stories and articles are being published in various literary magazines and online platforms. Her first children’s novel Talking Hagia Sophia (Ayasofya Konuştu, 2015) is about a boy who witnessed the secrets of Hagia Sophia in İstanbul. Her second children’s novel Road of Secrets (Sırlar Yolu, 2016)  is a story written with a wide perspective from […]
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