Book Review 2

Title: The Secret Garden

Story outline: There was a girl named Mary Lennox whose parents died from a deadly disease when she was young. Thus, she became an orphan and was taken care by her uncle, Mr Craven. He was rich and owned a mansion. When Mary found out about the key Mr Craven buried for a garden, she immediately went to find it but to no avail. Then, a bird helped her find the key and brought her to the secret garden. There she found that the garden was a beautiful one, but with many dead trees and flowers. She began to help grow more trees and flowers by planting seeds. She only let her friend, Dickson to know about the secret garden. It was a secret kept between Mary and him. Every night, Mary could hear someone crying. But Martha, her servant, keeps saying that it was the kitchen maid who had a toothache. Thus, she decided to take a chance to find out what was going on. She went into the room where the crying came from and discovered an ill boy named Colin. He was crying because of a headache. She later told Colin about the secret garden. She kept talking to Colin everyday and he was getting better each day too. But he had always thought he had a lump on his back and would die one day. Mary and the nurse looked at his back and saw no lumps. Colin was relieved after hearing this. Colin was brought to the secret garden. When Mr Craven saw that his son, Colin had his illness recovered, he was very happy.

Unique Selling Point: The book contains many mysterious adventures and lessons that teaches you to be optimistic about the future. You will also go through many exciting parts whereby Mary gets into the secret garden without getting spotted by others. Through the power of hope, friendship and the magic of nature, you will also experience how Mary brings the house and a long-lost garden back to life. The uniqueness of this book is that you get to experience mystery and learn lessons from it.

About the author: Frances Hodgson Burnett is an author who began publishing stories in magazines while still in her teens. She wrote many plays and more than 40 novels for adults. Her most famous and beloved books, however, were three that she wrote for children-'Little Lord Fauntleroy', 'A Little Princess' and this book, 'The Secret Garden'.