The Secret Garden
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This timeless classic is a poignant tale of Mary, a lonely orphaned girl sent to a Yorkshire mansion at the edge of a vast lonely moor. At first, she is frightened by this gloomy place until she meets a local boy, Dickon, who's earned the trust of the moor's wild animals, the invalid Colin, an unhappy boy terrified of life, and a mysterious, abandoned garden...
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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 sweetest, most mysterious-looking place any one could imagine. The high walls which shut it in were covered with the leafless stems of roses which were so thick, that they matted together.... 'No wonder it is still,' Mary whispered. 'I am the first person who has spoken here for ten years.'" As new life sprouts from the earth, Mary and Colin's sour natures begin to sweeten. For anyone who has ever felt afraid to live and love, The Secret Garden's portrayal of reawakening spirits will thrill and rejuvenate. Frances Hodgson Burnett creates characters so strong and distinct, young readers continue to identify with them even 85 years after they were conceived. (Ages 9 to 12)
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- ISBN13: 9780451528834
- Condition: New
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Item number (ASIN): 0451528832
Author: Frances Hodgson Burnett
Brand: Candlewick Press
Creator: value: Sandra M. Gilbert
Role: Afterword
ISBN: 0451528832
Item Dimensions: 79 x 418 x 696 (hundredths-inches)
Languages: English x English x English
Manufacturer: Signet Classics
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 288
Package Dimensions: 100 x 410 x 670 (hundredths-inches)
Publication Date: July 1, 2003
Publisher: Signet Classics
Release Date: July 1, 2003
Binding: Mass Market Paperback
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