The Secret Garden (Evergreen Classics)
 

The Secret Garden (Dover Juvenile Classics)

by Frances Hodgson Burnett

Mistress Mary is quite contrary until she helps her garden grow. Along the way, she manages to cure her sickly cousin Colin, who is every bit as imperious as she. These two are sullen little peas in a pod, closed up in a gloomy old manor on the Yorkshire moors of England, until a locked-up garden captures their imaginations and puts the blush of a wild rose in their cheeks; "It was the... (read more)

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a childhood favorite ... still enjoy it!

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  • Aleisha K

    aleisha k said:

    You should be able to get it at any bookstore in the children' literature section.

    posted Wednesday, June 11 2008
  • LeAnn P

    leann p said:

    when i first read this book i was confussed but then i reread a couple chapters to cover up the patches and now i LOVE it!

    posted Saturday, June 7 2008
  • Selina C

    selina c said:

    I've ordered 'the annotated secret garden' I can't wait to read it. One of my all time favourites, The Secret Garden is a book I'll always keep on my shelf!

    posted Wednesday, June 4 2008
  • Aleisha K

    aleisha k said:

    I know this is meant for younger readers, but I loved this book growing up and love it now as I read it as an adult.

    posted Wednesday, June 4 2008
  • Maui

    maui said:

    This probably was one of the books that really got me to read.

    posted Saturday, May 31 2008
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