Ranked #1 in Children's Classics, Ranked #4 in Making Friends — see more rankings.
"One of the most delightful and enduring classics of children's literature, The Secret Garden by Victorian author Frances Hodgson Burnett has remained a firm favorite with children the world over ever since it made its first appearance. Initially published as a serial story in 1910 in The American Magazine, it was brought out in novel form in 1911.
The plot centers round Mary Lennox, a young English girl who returns to England from India, having suffered the immense trauma by losing both her parents in a cholera epidemic. However, her memories of her parents are not pleasant, as... more
The plot centers round Mary Lennox, a young English girl who returns to England from India, having suffered the immense trauma by losing both her parents in a cholera epidemic. However, her memories of her parents are not pleasant, as... more
Reviews and Recommendations
We've comprehensively compiled reviews of The Secret Garden from the world's leading experts.
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Clare Morpurgo The book is about a girl coming to live in England from India. She is a sickly child who had a pretty awful early childhood in India. (Source)
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M G Leonard The redemptive power of the natural world and gardening was something that struck a chord with me. (Source)
Rankings by Category
The Secret Garden is ranked in the following categories:
- #37 in 10-Year-Old
- #30 in 11-Year-Old
- #51 in 20th Century
- #29 in 3rd Grade
- #34 in 4th Grade
- #39 in 5th Grade
- #29 in 6th Grade
- #23 in 9-Year-Old
- #51 in Adaptation
- #18 in Broadway
- #85 in Bucket List
- #5 in Cacti
- #55 in Catalog
- #38 in Chapter
- #15 in Childhood
- #6 in Children's Chapter
- #13 in Children’s
- #32 in Classic
- #40 in Classical
- #72 in Coming Of Age
- #22 in Elementary
- #88 in Family
- #24 in Feel-Good
- #25 in Flower
- #51 in Folio Society
- #11 in Free e-Book
- #44 in Friendship
- #23 in Gardening
- #39 in Gift
- #9 in Girl
- #36 in Go
- #57 in GoT
- #44 in Grace
- #18 in Growing Up
- #25 in Happy
- #82 in High School Reading
- #27 in Hope
- #86 in Human Nature
- #86 in Illustrated
- #69 in Indian
- #25 in Kinder
- #50 in Kindle
- #42 in Leather Bound
- #17 in Light
- #99 in Literature
- #34 in Loneliness
- #71 in Middle School
- #99 in Modern Classic
- #26 in Mom
- #88 in Movie
- #99 in Movies
- #70 in Nature
- #36 in Nook
- #15 in Nostalgia
- #44 in Old
- #5 in Older Children
- #47 in Pandemic
- #61 in Penguin Classics
- #25 in Podcast
- #64 in Poster
- #12 in Project Gutenberg
- #31 in Public
- #17 in Public Domain
- #12 in Read Aloud
- #9 in Secrets
- #10 in Shape
- #5 in Spring
- #77 in Tween
- #30 in UK
- #81 in University
- #10 in Victoria
- #48 in Victorian
- #12 in Young Reader
- #28 in Young Teen
- #12 in Youth