The Secret Garden

Frances Hodgson Burnett

Gardens -- Juvenile fiction · Orphans -- Juvenile fiction · People with disabilities -- Juvenile fiction · Yorkshire (England) -- Juvenile fiction

"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 explores this hidden world, she uncovers family secrets and finds an unexpected companion—her bedridden cousin Colin. Together with a nature-loving boy named Dickon, the children nurture the forgotten garden back to life, transforming themselves in the process. (This is an automatically generated summary.)