The Secret Garden: with a colouring page for young readers (Aziloth Books) Contributor(s): Burnett, Frances Hodgson (Author) |
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ISBN: 1909735752 ISBN-13: 9781909735750 Publisher: Aziloth Books OUR PRICE: $9.50 Product Type: Paperback Published: March 2015 |
Additional Information |
BISAC Categories: - Juvenile Fiction | Classics - Juvenile Fiction | Science & Nature - General |
Dewey: FIC |
Lexile Measure: 970 |
Physical Information: 0.4" H x 6" W x 9" (0.57 lbs) 188 pages |
Themes: - Topical - Adolescence/Coming of Age |
Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
Publisher Description: 'The Secret Garden' tells the tale of ten year old Mary Lennox, a mean-tempered little girl, ignored by her parents, who is made an orphan in a cholera epidemic in India and sent to Misselthwaite Manor in Yorkshire to live with an uncle she has never met. From this unpromising start Mary slowly blossoms. She hears of a secret garden, left untended for ten years since the death her uncle's beloved wife. Guided by a cheeky robin, Mary finds the garden's lost key and, with the help of Dickon, a local boy with an uncanny understanding of nature, sets about restoring the site to its original glory. The garden is transformed and, with it, Mary herself. No longer self-absorbed, she shares her excitement with her bed-bound cousin, Colin, who is as emotionally stunted as she was, and the magic of the secret garden transforms him too, both in body and soul. 'The Secret Garden' is a touching and uplifting tale of the joy to be found in friendship and in the connection with the rhythms of Nature. |