The secret garden

by

298 pages

Published Aug. 6, 1971 by Dell Pub. Co..

OCLC Number:
603555

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2 stars (1 review)

A lonely orphan discovers the wonders of a mysterious garden and befriends her invalid cousin.

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reviewed The Secret Garden by Frances Hodgson Burnett

Started out good and then just went flat

2 stars

So, only after reading the whole thing did I learn that this is supposed to be a kid's book, but like...I dunno. It kinda sucks? The prose is very good, to the point where the first half of the book is excellent, but then everyone's problems are solved by the magical powers of the outdoors and positive thinking and then the book ends.

Subjects

  • Orphans -- Juvenile fiction.
  • Gardens -- Juvenile fiction.
  • Children with disabilities -- Juvenile fiction.
  • People with disabilities -- Juvenile fiction.
  • Cousins -- Juvenile fiction.
  • Friendship in children -- Juvenile fiction.
  • Loneliness -- Juvenile fiction.
  • Yorkshire (England) -- Juvenile fiction.
  • England -- Juvenile fiction.