The Secret Garden

by Devra Newberger Speregen

Published 1 January 2003
A simplified, abridged version of the mysteries of a locked garden for Mary and her invalid cousin on the Yorkshire moors, accompanied by a short biography of Frances Hodgson Burnett and an essay focusing on the story's lessons of compassion.

A simplified, abridged version of the joys and sorrows of the four March sisters as they grow into young ladies in nineteenth-century New England, accompanied by a short biography of Louisa May Alcott and an essay focusing on the story's lessons of family.