StMary Lennox grew up in India, but has come to live with her uncle Archibald Craven in Yorkshire. Upon her arrival, she is demanding, imperious, and not at all healthy. But gradually, after meeting a boy who lives across the moor, she begins to blossom. Discovering a secret garden seems to inspire a sense of magic in the two children, which then extends to the young master of the house, Colin, who has always believed that he is too fragile to do anything at all, and that he is, in fact, dying.
The Secret Garden is the story of Mary Lennox, a girl whose family dies in a cholera outbreak in India. She is a lonely brat, so when she is sent to live with her reclusive uncle in England, she has a hard time adjusting to the familiarity of the servants and the expectation that she can take care of herself. While wandering the gardens, she finds one that is locked up. Ben Weatherstaff, the gardener, warns her not to go poking around, that the garden was locked ten years before when the master's wife died there. Of course, the warning only makes Mary more curious, and she does what she can to make the garden hers. She soon discovers that the garden is tied into more than one family secret.
This book awakens a childlike sense in all who love it. It is mysterious and exciting, and the writing is very easy to be drawn into. Although she is described as an ugly girl with a selfish temperament, it is natural to like Mary and to wish for the best for her. Therefore, when she gets excited about the garden, so do we as readers, and when she is enraptured by Dickon and his Magic, so are we.
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