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This Oxford Children's Classic features the complete unabridged text, an introduction by Geraldine McCaughrean, and other bonus material including insights for readers, facts, activities, and more . . .
After her parents' death, Mary Lennox travels to England to live at her uncle's house in Yorkshire. Sour-tempered and selfish, she is unimpressed at what she finds there. Yet she can't help being intrigued by stories of a secret garden-once full of beauty, now hidden in a tangle of neglect.
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Frances Hodgson Burnett was born in 1849 in Manchester. After her father's death the family moved to Tennessee in 1865. She started writing for magazines soon after moving to the United States and went on to write, and have published, a number of adult novels.
Little Lord Fauntleroy was published in 1886 followed by
Little Princess in 1905 and
The Secret Garden in 1911. These children's books are what she is now best known for, although her adult novels were very popular during her life. Frances Hodgson Burnett became a US citizen in 1905 and died in 1924.
Geraldine McCaughrean has written more than 170 books, including the official
Peter Pan sequel
Peter Pan in Scarlet. She has won the Carnegie Medal twice.
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This stunning Oxford Children's Classic edition is the perfect introduction to The Secret Garden-the ultimate story of friendship. Features the complete unabridged text, an introduction by Geraldine McCaughrean, and other bonus material including insights for readers, facts, activities, and more . . .
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