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After losing her parents, young Mary Lennox is sent from India to live in her uncle's gloomy mansion on the wild English moors. She is lonely and has no one to play with, but one day she learns of a secret garden somewhere in the grounds that no one is allowed to enter. Then Mary uncovers an old key in a flowerbed - and a gust of magic leads her to the hidden door. Slowly she turns the key and enters a world she could never have imagined.
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Mistress Mary is quite contrary until she helps her garden grow. Along the way, she manages to cure her sickly cousin Colin, who is every bit as imperious as she. These two are sullen little peas in a pod, closed up in a gloomy old manor on the Yorkshire moors of England, until a locked-up garden captures their imaginations and puts the blush of a wild rose in their cheeks; "It was the sweetest, most mysterious-looking place any one could imagine. The high walls which shut it in were covered with the leafless stems of roses which were so thick, that they matted together.... 'No wonder it is still,' Mary whispered. 'I am the first person who has spoken here for ten years.'" As new life sprouts from the earth, Mary and Colin's sour natures begin to sweeten. For anyone who has ever felt afraid to live and love, The Secret Garden's portrayal of reawakening spirits will thrill and rejuvenate. Frances Hodgson Burnett creates characters so strong and distinct, young readers continue to identify with them even 85 years after they were conceived. (Ages 9 to 12)
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What secrets lie behind the doors at Misselthwaite manor? Recently arrived at her uncle's estate, orphaned mary Lennox is spoiled, sickly, and certain she won't enjoy living there. Then she discovers the arched doorway into an overgrown garden, shut up since the death of her aunt ten years earlier. Mary soon begins transforming it into a thing of beauty--unaware that she is changing too.
But Missalthwaite hides another secret, as Mary discovers one night. High in a dark room, away from the rest of the house, lies her young cousin Colin, who believes he is an incurable invalid, destined to die young. His tantrums are so frightful, no one can reason with him. If only, Mary hopes, she can get Colin to love the secret garden as much as she does, its magic wil work wonders on him.
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- PublisherPuffin
- Publication date2010
- ISBN 10 014132760X
- ISBN 13 9780141327600
- BindingHardcover
- LanguageEnglish
- Number of pages352
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Puffin Designer Classics: The Secret Garden designed by Lauren Child. Limited Edition 892/1000
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Puffin Books, 2010
ISBN 10: 014132760X
ISBN 13: 9780141327600
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Seller: Beacon Point Books, Clifton Springs, VIC, Australia
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Hardcover. Condition: As New. Dust Jacket Condition: As New. Child, Lauren (illustrator). 1st Edition. This is one of 1000 limited-edition copies of The Secret Garden with a special design created by Lauren Child and one of a small number of limited edition children's classics issued to celebrate the 70th anniversary of Puffin Books. It is still in the original perspex case, unread and as such, is in excellent condition. No jacket as issued by the publisher. This is number 892/1000. The front of The Secret Garden is made of paper trees and flowers in layers that can be peeled back one by one until Mary and the garden are revealed. Please note all my books are securely wrapped and shipped with care in protective packaging within 2 working days. Please note this book will attract higher shipping charges due to size and weight. Seller Inventory # 000507
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