When spoiled child Mary Lennox loses her family to a cholera outbreak, she moves to her uncle’s manor surrounded by a massive garden. Within, Mary discovers a whole new outlook on life thanks to a supportive household and the garden’s power of healing.
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heterocephalusglaber (Grade: B) What more could a kid ask for? A mystery, a snotty kid getting to know a bit more about the world, a not-invalid, someone called Dickon (is that actually a name?), grumpy Uncle, and a cracking garden. I love this book - and the film adaptation is wonderful too. THIS is my perfect example of children's literature. *** Loses a star on a re-read for the weird bit about domestic violence (just be nice and he'll stop beating you!!!)
(Rated on Aug 5, 2016)
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kelllsify (Grade: C) Because I am not going to write a review, I will present to you this BEAUTIFUL quote: One of the strange things about living in the world is that it is only now and then one is quite sure one is going to live forever and ever and ever. One knows it sometimes when one gets up at the tender solemn dawn-time and goes out and stands alone and throws one's head far back and looks up and up and watches the pale sky slowly changing and flushing and marvelous unknown things happening until the East
(Rated on Feb 19, 2014)
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bookappeal (Grade: C) A sweet story of two children who discover the healing powers of nature and a pleasant attitude. The style of writing (c1911) is very descriptive and the author's point is made repetitively. The Yorkshire dialect could be difficult for juvenile readers but the concept of getting out and enjoying nature is appropriate for today's culture.
(Rated on Oct 25, 2015)
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TheKeyLime
(Grade: B) Baby’s first gothic novel.
I was actually assigned to read this in the 4th grade. It's the first book I ever faked my way through.
I'm glad I finally read it. It's cute. I wish my 4th grade teacher had attempted to make it more exciting. I also wish she hadn't said girls don't need to know math. Really, she was kinda terrible.
(Grade: B) Baby’s first gothic novel.
I was actually assigned to read this in the 4th grade. It's the first book I ever faked my way through.
I'm glad I finally read it. It's cute. I wish my 4th grade teacher had attempted to make it more exciting. I also wish she hadn't said girls don't need to know math. Really, she was kinda terrible. (Rated on Feb 4, 2018)
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hazel (Grade: C) Actually, instead of 3 stars, I'd say this was actually more like 3.5 stars. I've seen 2-3 versions of the Secret Garden films, and loved them all. There's something wonderful about the way the three children are with each other. Although one of the movie versions followed the book so well that there weren't too many surprises, it was still a lot of fun to read.
(Rated on Jan 3, 2017)