"One of th' gardens is locked up. No one has been in it for ten years." When orphaned Mary Lennox comes to live at her uncle's great house on the Yorkshire Moors, she finds it full of mysterious secrets. There are nearly one hundred rooms, most of which are locked, and the house is filled with creepy old portraits and suits of armor. Mary rarely sees her uncle, and perhaps most unsettling of all is…
4.7Overall Score
The Secret Garden 100th Anniversary
Reader's Review Despite being over a century old, this classic remains a favorite of children of all ages. This is the story of a spoiled young orphan who must live in her uncle's mansion with ...
Reader’s Review
Despite being over a century old, this classic remains a favorite of children of all ages. This is the story of a spoiled young orphan who must live in her uncle’s mansion with a hundred rooms and many secrets. Here she discovers a secret garden that helps her and her cousin as she brings the garden back to life.
To look out for
- Islamic Values: Mary becomes very good friends with Colin and nurses him back to health. Mary drinks a half glass of wine by mistake and falls asleep. Ben talks about a man who got drunk and beat his wife.
- Language: Mary calls her maid a pig in India. Children tease Mary by making up a rhyme about her. Mary and Colin are spoiled and initially act rudely with their nurses and maids.
- Violence: Mary recalls slapping her maid in India. Mary’s parents die of Cholera at the beginning of the book.
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