Classic Starts: The Secret Garden

by Frances Hodgson Burnett

Book Overview

Following Sterlings spectacularly successful launch of its childrens classic novels (240,000 books in print to date), comes a dazzling new series: Classic Starts. The stories are abridged; the quality is complete. Classic Starts treats the worlds beloved tales (and children) with the respect they deserve--all at an incomparable price.

The discovery of a neglected garden transforms the life of a sullen and unloved little girl-and everyone around her, too. When the newly orphaned Mary Lennox leaves her native India and arrives at her uncles mansion in Yorkshire, everything seems strange to her. Then Mary hears of a mysterious garden where no one has set foot in 10 years. With the help of some new friends, she plans to uncover its secrets...and make it blossom once again.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1402713193
• ISBN13: 9781402713194
• Release Date: March 2005
• Publisher: Union Square Kids
• Length: 160 Pages
• Weight: 0.70 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.6" x 7.6"
• Age Range: 7 to 9 years
• Grade Range: Grades 2 to 4

Customer Reviews

Not the correct author! This is an abridged version.

Would not have purchased.

Not by Frances Hodgson Burnett

Though the author on the listing says Frances Hodgson Burnett, that is not true. This is an abridged version by Martha Hailey. If the correct author had been listed, I would not have purchased.