The Secret Garden by Frances Hodgson Burnett
One of my best friends since middle school gifted me The Secret Garden for Christmas last year. At first I was just in love with the beautiful cover. It was not long before I realized that The Secret Garden is actually a children's book. And what a great one it is! I really enjoyed reading it. I loved the characters, the detailed descriptions of their development and the beautiful nature surrounding them. The Secret Garden tells the story of young Mary Lennox who spends her first years of life in India. She never really shares any time with her parents and she knows nothing of love and affection. Mary is not a kind little girl. She even looks unpleasant. Unhappy really. Mary does not know how to dress herself. Hunger and exhaustion are also unfamiliar to her. When the girl losses both her parents to cholera, she is sent off to live in her uncle's great mansion in Yorkshire. England is Mary's first encounter with a colder climate. This is where she learns how to behave and...