The Secret Garden Review

The Secret Garden,  a novel nominated a children's classic, was written by Frances Burnett. It tells of the tale of a little girl called Mary who lived in India. She was a thin, sour, ugly, selfish, yellow-faced child and she was used to mistreating her servants and getting her own way. Her mother was a beautiful person who liked to party and have fun, and her father was a soldier in a war. She never saw her parents and she didn't know them so she felt no remorse when they died from a cholera outbreak. She was forgotten during the outbreak but she was found afterwards. She had no relatives except for an uncle she never knew existed. She is sent to Misselthwaite Manor, Yorkshire, England. There she will find a big house with a hundred rooms in which no one goes into, another selfish child quite like her, a moor boy who can talk to 'the creatures', and it is here that Mary will learn how to live and enjoy life and spring in her secret garden.

I like this novel and it is not the first time I have read it. I understand why it was nominated a children's classic. It shows that if you put your mind to it you can accomplish anything. It also shows the friendship between children and what they are willing to do to keep a very big secret. It shows examples of determination and friendship and it brings hope. This novel also shows that even the worst people can change into something better if they simply want it. All these little messages hidden within the story is what I like so much about it. This novel was also made into a film version which is quite good because it sticks quite close to the book.

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