New friendships and new beginnings abound in The Secret Garden, now available as an unabridged paperback edition for today’s young readers. When Mary Lennox begins living with her uncle in the English countryside, she feels bored and lonely. Before long, however, she discovers many mysteries hiding within the walls of the estate. What will it take for Mary to unearth these secrets? This unabridged edition of the beloved twentieth-century classic is perfect for young readers’ libraries.
Frances Eliza Hodgson Burnett (1849–1924) was a British novelist and playwright. She is best known for the three children’s novels Little Lord Fauntleroy (published in 1885–86), A Little Princess (1905), and The Secret Garden (1911).
The mystery element kept me turning the pages but it was the superb characterisation that made the story stay with me. It taught me that it's never too late to remake yourself into someone better