The Secret Garden: Centennial Edition
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Frightened orphan Mary discovers the joyful wonders of life on the Yorkshire Moors with the help of two local boys and a mysterious, abandoned garden...where all things seem possible.
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- ISBN13: 9780451528834
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Item number (ASIN): 0451528832
Author: Frances Hodgson Burnett
Creator: Sandra M. Gilbert, Afterword
ISBN: 0451528832
Manufacturer: Signet Classics
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 288
Package Dimensions: 90 x 410 x 680 (hundredths-inches)
Publication Date: July 1, 2003
Publisher: Signet Classics
Reading Level: Ages 9-12
Release Date: July 1, 2003
Binding: Paperback
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- Charming, Insightful, RefreshingIf you seek a break from novels reading like the six o'clock news on steroids, you might enjoy the innocent interlude of The Secret Garden. Be prepared for Snow White meets Pinocchio meets St. Francis of Assisi--a character named Dickon who enters one scene with a crow named Soot on his right shoulder, squirrels named Nut and Shell on his left shoulder and in his coat pocket, a rescued newborn lamb in his arms, and a little red fox trotting by his side. Though at times a bit syrupy, this book refreshes between other novels about calamity after calamity, evil upon evil. The Secret Garden reminds adults of the healing power of childlike wonder over childhood wounds. The golden nugget of wisdom at the heart of this charming allegory is the Proverb "As a man thinks in his heart, so is he," or the words of Jesus in Luke 6, "For out of the overflow of his heart, his mouth speaks." At the beginning of the novel, cousins Mary Lennox and Colin Craven, both 10 years old, have developed self-defeating attitudes due to parental abandonment. The mystery of a locked garden, also abandoned for 10 years, intrigues them. Nurturing this garden, they nurture their own and each other's hearts. Their transformation brings wonder and delight to the adults around them. Key change agents in the story are members of a local family, Dickon's, who enjoy simple pleasures, are one with nature, and who love giving life. As if the metaphor of tending the garden (with its need for weeding and seeding to produce beautiful flowers) weren't enough, author Frances Hodgson Burnett plants another strong analogy. Dickon's family speaks a broad Yorkshire dialect, which Mary delights in learning. I especially liked one vocabulary lesson, when she learns that wick means alive or lively. As she abandons her dour outlook, replaces it with newfound purpose and wonder, and reaches out to love others, Mary becomes more wick.
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- Lovely to RevisitI loved this book as a child, and it was so nice to revisit it as an adult. A perfect book to read on a cold, windy winter afternoon when nobody else is home. Your mind can escape to a lovely garden coming to life in the early spring. It inspired me to go for more walks and runs outdoors, no matter what the weather is like. I'll read it to my children.
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- Secret GardenTwo of my neices gave my 96-year old mother a beautiful garden calendar for Xmas because it reminded them of her beautiful garden. Then she remembered reading Secret Garden when she was a child. She wanted to read it again so I bought the book. It's a classic book and reading it again was joyful. How perseverance can overcome obversity and that digging in the dirt is good for almost everyone's soul.
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- Beautiful BookI received this item in a timely manner. It was in excellent condition, and I honestly wanted to keep it for myself instead of giving it away as a gift.
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- Good book it seems to me. My grand-daughter was indifferent.I didn't read the book, and my grand-daughter didn't seem interested. What else can I say?
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