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The Secret Garden (Classic Starts Series) » (Modern Retelling)

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Authors: Frances Hodgson Burnett, Frances Hodgson Burnett, Lucy Corvino (Illustrator), Martha Hailey (Abridged by), Arthur Pober
ISBN-13: 9781402713194, ISBN-10: 1402713193
Format: Hardcover
Publisher: Sterling Publishing
Date Published: March 2005
Edition: Modern Retelling

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Author Biography: Frances Hodgson Burnett

Book Synopsis

Expertly retold to appeal to second to fourth graders, as well as older reluctant readers, each of the beautiful, high-quality books in the Classic Starts series is a literary treasure.

Table of Contents

1There's No One Left9
2Mistress Mary Quite Contrary16
3Across the Moor25
4Martha30
5The Cry in the Corridor48
6"There Was Some One Crying-There Was"56
7The Key of the Garden64
8The Robin Who Showed the Way71
9The Strangest House80
10Dickon91
11The Nest of the Missel Thrush103
12"Might I Have a Bit of Earth?"112
13"I Am Colin"122
14A Young Rajah136
15Nest Building149
16"I Won't!" said Mary162
17A Tantrum170
18"Tha' Munnot Waste No Time"178
19"It Has Come!"186
20"I Shall Live Forever"198
21Ben Weatherstaff207
22When the Sun Went Down218
23Magic224
24"Let Them Laugh"237
25The Curtain250
26"It's Mother!"258
27In the Garden269
Afterword285

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