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    <body><![CDATA[I know this book seems out of place among the fare I usually read, but hey, all I can say is that I like what I like.  There is some intangible quality to this book that really strikes a chord in me.  The whole idea of that sickly child being healed with love, attention, and (forgive me an LDS joke)...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/4965822">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[I seem to be the only woman I know who didn't read and cherish this book as a child.  So I decided to see what all the fuss was about...<br/><br/>It took me a while to get in step with the tone of this book.  The beginning was Jane Eyre-lite...Mary is orphaned and sent from India to England to liv...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/25460185">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[Apa yang tersembunyi dalam &quot;Taman Rahasia&quot; sehingga bisa membuat Mary dan Collin berubah secara drastis? Benarkah <em>magic</em>? Mungkin itu yang dipikirkan oleh anak-anak seusia Collin dan Mary, anak-anak yang punya dunianya sendiri. Dengan dibantu oleh Dickon, seorang anak berusia 12 tahun yang ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/71453864">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <![CDATA[The Secret Garden, a classic loved for more than seventy-five years, is all that its title implies.  It is, as one might imagine, a mystery.  But it is also a love story and the love is as passionate and fervent as one could imagine.  It is a story of the love of nature, of science and the scientific method, and of isolated and lonely human beings who learn to care not only for others, but equally important, for themselves.  This deluxe Children&#8217;s Classic edition is produced with high-quality, leatherlike binding with gold stamping, full-color covers, colored endpapers with a book nameplate.   Some of the other titles in this series include: Anne of Green Gables, Black Beauty, King Arthur and His Knights, Little Women, and Treasure Island.]]>
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    <body><![CDATA[Genre: Historical fiction					Reading level: Ages 9-12<br/>Want to know the Secret? This book was written almost a century before Byrne and Oprah shared their version. The garden is only the beginning of the story of a brat, orphaned in India, who moves to huge lonely house in Yorkshire, England. I...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/38233878">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <![CDATA[The Secret Garden, a classic loved for more than seventy-five years, is all that its title implies.  It is, as one might imagine, a mystery.  But it is also a love story and the love is as passionate and fervent as one could imagine.  It is a story of the love of nature, of science and the scientific method, and of isolated and lonely human beings who learn to care not only for others, but equally important, for themselves.  This deluxe Children&#8217;s Classic edition is produced with high-quality, leatherlike binding with gold stamping, full-color covers, colored endpapers with a book nameplate.   Some of the other titles in this series include: Anne of Green Gables, Black Beauty, King Arthur and His Knights, Little Women, and Treasure Island.]]>
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    <body><![CDATA[When my youngest daughter saw me reading this, she scoffed, &quot;You haven't read that? I've read it AND seen the movie!&quot; Guess I'm falling behind! When I first considered reading this (on the syllabus of a course I'm auditing) I seriously considered just not reading it and skipping the class ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/30317342">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <![CDATA[The Secret Garden, a classic loved for more than seventy-five years, is all that its title implies.  It is, as one might imagine, a mystery.  But it is also a love story and the love is as passionate and fervent as one could imagine.  It is a story of the love of nature, of science and the scientific method, and of isolated and lonely human beings who learn to care not only for others, but equally important, for themselves.  This deluxe Children&#8217;s Classic edition is produced with high-quality, leatherlike binding with gold stamping, full-color covers, colored endpapers with a book nameplate.   Some of the other titles in this series include: Anne of Green Gables, Black Beauty, King Arthur and His Knights, Little Women, and Treasure Island.]]>
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    <body><![CDATA[I guess I didn't miss much by not reading this book as a child. I don't really understand why it became a classic. It starts out interestingly enough with a very gothic setting. A little British girl named Mary survives a cholera epidemic in India and is sent to Yorkshire to live with her distant re...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/16017654">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <![CDATA[The Secret Garden, a classic loved for more than seventy-five years, is all that its title implies.  It is, as one might imagine, a mystery.  But it is also a love story and the love is as passionate and fervent as one could imagine.  It is a story of the love of nature, of science and the scientific method, and of isolated and lonely human beings who learn to care not only for others, but equally important, for themselves.  This deluxe Children&#8217;s Classic edition is produced with high-quality, leatherlike binding with gold stamping, full-color covers, colored endpapers with a book nameplate.   Some of the other titles in this series include: Anne of Green Gables, Black Beauty, King Arthur and His Knights, Little Women, and Treasure Island.]]>
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    <body><![CDATA[English 425					Submitter’s name _Cati Howard<br/>Book Bank					Book Bank subject: _my favorite book___<br/><br/>Reference information:  <br/>Title The Secret Garden<br/>Author Frances Hodgson Burnett<br/>Publisher J.B. Linppincott Company	Year 1911<br/># of pages   256	Genre drama<br/>Rea...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/14631650">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <![CDATA[The Secret Garden, a classic loved for more than seventy-five years, is all that its title implies.  It is, as one might imagine, a mystery.  But it is also a love story and the love is as passionate and fervent as one could imagine.  It is a story of the love of nature, of science and the scientific method, and of isolated and lonely human beings who learn to care not only for others, but equally important, for themselves.  This deluxe Children&#8217;s Classic edition is produced with high-quality, leatherlike binding with gold stamping, full-color covers, colored endpapers with a book nameplate.   Some of the other titles in this series include: Anne of Green Gables, Black Beauty, King Arthur and His Knights, Little Women, and Treasure Island.]]>
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    <![CDATA[Mistress Mary is quite contrary until she helps her garden grow. Along the way, she manages to cure her sickly cousin Colin, who is every bit as imperious as she. These two are sullen little peas in a pod, closed up in a gloomy old manor on the Yorkshire moors of England, until a locked-up garden captures their imaginations and puts the blush of a wild rose in their cheeks; &quot;It was the sweetest, most mysterious-looking place any one could imagine. The high walls which shut it in were covered with the leafless stems of roses which were so thick, that they matted together.... 'No wonder it is still,' Mary whispered. 'I am the first person who has spoken here for ten years.'&quot; As new life sprouts from the earth, Mary and Colin's sour natures begin to sweeten. For anyone who has ever felt afraid to live and love, <em>The Secret Garden</em>'s portrayal of reawakening spirits will thrill and rejuvenate. Frances Hodgson Burnett creates characters so strong and distinct, young readers continue to identify with them even 85 years after they were conceived. <em>(Ages 9 to 12)</em>]]>
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    <body><![CDATA[Silly me, I looked through all the editions to find the one I grew up with, but had no luck.  But this is what I wrote about it a few months ago:<br/><br/>In the third grade, I would have been hopelessly overwhelmed by my reading assignments had my father not offered to help by reading aloud every...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/20862466">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <![CDATA[The Secret Garden, a classic loved for more than seventy-five years, is all that its title implies.  It is, as one might imagine, a mystery.  But it is also a love story and the love is as passionate and fervent as one could imagine.  It is a story of the love of nature, of science and the scientific method, and of isolated and lonely human beings who learn to care not only for others, but equally important, for themselves.  This deluxe Children&#8217;s Classic edition is produced with high-quality, leatherlike binding with gold stamping, full-color covers, colored endpapers with a book nameplate.   Some of the other titles in this series include: Anne of Green Gables, Black Beauty, King Arthur and His Knights, Little Women, and Treasure Island.]]>
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    <body><![CDATA[My second classic (if I remember correctly, my first was &quot;The Odyssey,&quot; but sadly, I can't remember the ISBN of THE book 'coz I read it when I was in Grade 3 - or was it 4? Too bad, though, 'coz I really would want to have a copy of that particular book and go through it again *sighs*). An...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/5963554">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <![CDATA[The Secret Garden, a classic loved for more than seventy-five years, is all that its title implies.  It is, as one might imagine, a mystery.  But it is also a love story and the love is as passionate and fervent as one could imagine.  It is a story of the love of nature, of science and the scientific method, and of isolated and lonely human beings who learn to care not only for others, but equally important, for themselves.  This deluxe Children&#8217;s Classic edition is produced with high-quality, leatherlike binding with gold stamping, full-color covers, colored endpapers with a book nameplate.   Some of the other titles in this series include: Anne of Green Gables, Black Beauty, King Arthur and His Knights, Little Women, and Treasure Island.]]>
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    <body><![CDATA[I was looking through Sarah Gransee's books and happened across this one.  I loved this book as a child!  It was one of the books I had from my mother's childhood collection, including others like The Little Princess, Alice in Wonderland, and the tales of Arabian Nights.  I have such fond memories o...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/6217762">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <![CDATA[The Secret Garden, a classic loved for more than seventy-five years, is all that its title implies.  It is, as one might imagine, a mystery.  But it is also a love story and the love is as passionate and fervent as one could imagine.  It is a story of the love of nature, of science and the scientific method, and of isolated and lonely human beings who learn to care not only for others, but equally important, for themselves.  This deluxe Children&#8217;s Classic edition is produced with high-quality, leatherlike binding with gold stamping, full-color covers, colored endpapers with a book nameplate.   Some of the other titles in this series include: Anne of Green Gables, Black Beauty, King Arthur and His Knights, Little Women, and Treasure Island.]]>
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    <body><![CDATA[I read this book about every five years or so.  For me it captures the sense of secrecey that hides much more than a garden...the inner workings of a child's mind, that adults have no clue about!  I am also reminded that the same is true for many adults, myself included.  After reading this book, I ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/43105281">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <![CDATA[The Secret Garden, a classic loved for more than seventy-five years, is all that its title implies.  It is, as one might imagine, a mystery.  But it is also a love story and the love is as passionate and fervent as one could imagine.  It is a story of the love of nature, of science and the scientific method, and of isolated and lonely human beings who learn to care not only for others, but equally important, for themselves.  This deluxe Children&#8217;s Classic edition is produced with high-quality, leatherlike binding with gold stamping, full-color covers, colored endpapers with a book nameplate.   Some of the other titles in this series include: Anne of Green Gables, Black Beauty, King Arthur and His Knights, Little Women, and Treasure Island.]]>
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    <body><![CDATA[I love this book. This is probably the first time I realized that I could go away, find a place to hide in, and make my own. I guess this is how I found my passion. ]]></body>
    
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    <![CDATA[Mistress Mary is quite contrary until she helps her garden grow. Along the way, she manages to cure her sickly cousin Colin, who is every bit as imperious as she. These two are sullen little peas in a pod, closed up in a gloomy old manor on the Yorkshire moors of England, until a locked-up garden captures their imaginations and puts the blush of a wild rose in their cheeks; &quot;It was the sweetest, most mysterious-looking place any one could imagine. The high walls which shut it in were covered with the leafless stems of roses which were so thick, that they matted together.... 'No wonder it is still,' Mary whispered. 'I am the first person who has spoken here for ten years.'&quot; As new life sprouts from the earth, Mary and Colin's sour natures begin to sweeten. For anyone who has ever felt afraid to live and love, <em>The Secret Garden</em>'s portrayal of reawakening spirits will thrill and rejuvenate. Frances Hodgson Burnett creates characters so strong and distinct, young readers continue to identify with them even 85 years after they were conceived. <em>(Ages 9 to 12)</em>]]>
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    <body><![CDATA[I reread this book for a book club and it was such a wonderful trip down memory lane. I don't think I've read it since I was a child, but I could never forget the story.  I love that Burnett told the story in such a matter-of-fact way. I found it interesting that she didn't seem to take a stance on ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/11670387">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <![CDATA[The Secret Garden, a classic loved for more than seventy-five years, is all that its title implies.  It is, as one might imagine, a mystery.  But it is also a love story and the love is as passionate and fervent as one could imagine.  It is a story of the love of nature, of science and the scientific method, and of isolated and lonely human beings who learn to care not only for others, but equally important, for themselves.  This deluxe Children&#8217;s Classic edition is produced with high-quality, leatherlike binding with gold stamping, full-color covers, colored endpapers with a book nameplate.   Some of the other titles in this series include: Anne of Green Gables, Black Beauty, King Arthur and His Knights, Little Women, and Treasure Island.]]>
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    <body><![CDATA[This was one of my favorite books as a child, and I still love it. I love that Mary &amp; Colin blossom as the garden blossoms, and that when they focus their energies on helping something else to grow, they begin to grow too. It's really a beautiful story. <br/><br/>Reading it again as an adult, it w...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/9648727">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[My favorite children's book... Probably... I have many favorites, loved for many different reasons.<br/><br/>This was one of the first books I can remember my mother reading to me and I have read it many, many times since. I'm not sure if my love of gardens and gardening comes from the book or my ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/20261127">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[Secret Garden is one of my absolute favorite books ever. I don't even know how to describe my love of this book. Maybe because I am a bit contrary (Mary, Mary, quite contrary). <br/><br/>I love imaginating all of the scenes in the story: the vast moors, the lonely house, the lifeless gardens. I do...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/4691881">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[that if you try maybe hard or look harder youll find something interesting. mary a main character find a boy in a room locked up and hes sick but his dad wont come and see him but now he wants mary to come n see him its a interesting book if u love classics or sort of mysteries u should read it and ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/37619998">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[I can't remember how many times I've read this book. I've loved it for years. Book, movie, musical - all of 'em. Although, if I remember correctly, I saw the musical first.<br/><br/>Like most books that you read multiple times, I always notice something different or new in each reading. In this on...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/11646480">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[Missed this book as a kid. Think I liked adventure rather than saccharin fairy tales. But now I like the sweetness and good endings. I can see why it is a great book for kids. Very visual.]]></body>
    
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