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The Secret Garden

Frances Hodgson Burnett

Start date: February 1, 2021

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New School Classic Group Read, October 2014
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New School Classic Group Read, October 2014

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Jan 06, 2010 Teri-K rated it it was amazing · review of another edition

Shelves: kids-ya, zz-2024-my-book-club, classic-childrens, old-favorites, z-permanent-bookshelf, sense-of-place, feisty-females, great-to-re-read, histfic-light

I remember the first time I read this book. I was about 9 or 10 and found it on a shelf of books in the enclosed porch of my grandparent's house where I went every day after school. I remember curling up on the floor, sunshine coming through the big windows, and meeting spoiled Mary, sickly Colin and the magical Dickon inside the walls of the garden. Over fifty years later I find this story just as enchanting as that first time I read it.
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Mar 09, 2011 Angela rated it really liked it

This was a wonderful read. Had I read it when I was a child, I probably would have completely fallen in love with it. I did love the story, it just got a little bogged down toward the end with all the talk of "magic." ...more

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Jun 03, 2009 Beth rated it really liked it · review of another edition

Brilliant children's book that I haven't read in a long time, I must dig it out and read it again because it's a real classic! ...more

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Jun 29, 2009 Kayla rated it liked it

Shelves: classics

Though well written, the entertainment value of this book is low reading as an adult. However, the morals and themes that run through the pages make up for the lack of excitement. It's definitely a book I think everyone should read to their children.

The movie is more than slightly different from the book, but don't blame that on the movie: no one would've watched the film if it had been taken direct from the book. ...more

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