The Secret Garden (Kingfisher Classics)

by Gillian Cross (Foreword), Frances Hodgson Burnett (Author), Gillian Cross (Foreword), Jason Cockcroft (Illustrator)

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  Paperback
  2005

  $3.42

  It's a secret garden, and I'm the only one in the world who wants it to be alive. When orphaned Mary Lennox first arrives at Misselthwaite Manor, she is coming to a large, dark house full of secrets. Indoors, she slowly uncovers the truth about her invalid cousin, Colin, and helps him rebuild his strength and spirit. But it is outdoors that the real magic lies, behind the hidden door to the walled secret garden which, with the help of her new friend Dickon, she brings back to life. This entrancing story has charmed gen errations and become one of the key classics of children's literature. The Secret Garden was first published in 1911. Full of mystery and romance, it has never been out of print.

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  Paperback
  1993

  $3.57

  Mary Lennox was horrid. Selfish and spoilt, she was sent to stay with her hunchback uncle in Yorkshire. She hated it. But when she finds the way into a secret garden and begins to tend it, a change comes over her and her life. She meets and befriends a local boy, the talented Dickon, and comes across her sickly cousin Colin who had been kept hidden from her. Between them, the three children work astonishing magic in themselves and those around them. The Secret Garden is one of the best-loved stories of all time.

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  Hardcover
  1989

  $3.42

• New

  Paperback
  1993

  $7.07

  Mary Lennox was horrid. Selfish and spoilt, she was sent to stay with her hunchback uncle in Yorkshire. She hated it. But when she finds the way into a secret garden and begins to tend it, a change comes over her and her life. She meets and befriends a local boy, the talented Dickon, and comes across her sickly cousin Colin who had been kept hidden from her. Between them, the three children work astonishing magic in themselves and those around them. The Secret Garden is one of the best-loved stories of all time.