Loved itI spent a lot of last year reading children's literature for the first time because I never read it so I read The Secret Garden and the line the witch in The Wardrobe and I really enjoyed doing that.
The Secret Garden (1911)
Others: Overwhelmingly positive A ten-year-old orphan comes to live in a lonely house on the Yorkshire moors where she discovers an invalid cousin and the mysteries of a locked garden.
- ISBN:
- 9780241374894
- Length:
- 261 pages
Genres: fantasy, mystery, thriller, young adult, classics
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Loved itThe Secret Garden was one of the Middle grades that I hadn't read yet and I fell in love with it this spring I was determined to pick it up and finish and I had the most wonderful time
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Loved itthis is one of my favorite books from my childhood so when I saw this Edition on Amazon I knew I had to get it and I have it displayed in my bookshelf that's over here and I love it so much