Classic Novels Library

The Secret Garden

The Secret Garden

by Burnett, Frances Hodgson, 1849-1924

BookID: 17396

Language:English

Reading Level:Reading ease score: 90.9 (5th grade). Very easy to read.

Copyright Status:Public domain in the USA.

Orphans -- Juvenile fictionPeople with disabilities -- Juvenile fictionGardens -- Juvenile fictionYorkshire (England) -- Juvenile fiction

Description

"The Secret Garden" by Frances Hodgson Burnett is a children's novel first published in 1911. When orphaned Mary Lennox arrives at her uncle's gloomy Yorkshire manor, she discovers a locked garden that has been abandoned for ten years. As Mary uncovers the garden's secrets, she befriends a nature-loving boy and finds her bedridden cousin Colin hidden away in the house. Together, the children work to restore the forgotten garden, and in doing so, begin transforming themselves and those around them. (This is an automatically generated summary.)

Class:PZ: Language and Literatures: Juvenile belles lettres

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