Author(s): Frances Hodgson Burnett

Children's Fiction

"''"People never like me and I never like people," Mary thought.'i>hen Mary Lennox is sent to Misselthwaite Manor to live with her uncle everybody says she is the most disagreeable-looking child ever seen. It is true, too. Mary is pale, spoilt and quite contrary. But she is also horribly lonely. Then one day she hears about a garden in the grounds of the Manor that has been kept locked and hidden for years. And when a friendly robin helps Mary find the key, she discovers the most magical place anyone could imagine... BACKSTORY- Take our quiz, learn about the plucky author and find out about the real secret garden."