The Secret Garden - Frances Hodgson Burnett

Mary stared at the rusty iron key as it hung from her finger. “Perhaps it has been buried for ten years,” she whispered. “Perhaps it is the key to the garden!”

Mary Lennox, a disagreeable and unwanted orphan, has been brought to live in her uncle’s huge house on the Yorkshire moors. It is a bleak place, where strange sounds echo through the corridors at night, and the servants are not allowed to speak to her. Most mysterious of all is the walled garden that has no door. But Mary has found the key-so there must be a way in…

This is the story of how Mary unlocks the secret garden, and discovers the magic contained within it. It is one of the best children’s stories ever written.