This book is part of a book series called All Aboard Reading-Level 3 .
This book has been graded for interest at 9-12 years.
There are 48 pages in this book. This book was published 1995 by Turtleback Books .
Deborah Hautzig was born and brought up in New York City. She always wanted to be a writer and wrote journals, stories and poetry from a very young age. Her first novel, Hey Dollface, was written when she was twenty-one. Second Star to the Right was first published in 1981 and continues to be an important book today.
This book contains the following story:
The Secret Garden
When Mary Lennox is sent to Misselthwaite Manor to live with her uncle everybody says she is the most disagreeable-looking child ever seen. It is true, too. Mary is pale, spoilt and quite contrary. But she is also horribly lonely. Then one day she hears about a garden in the grounds of the Manor that has been kept locked and hidden for years. And when a friendly robin helps Mary find the key, she discovers the most magical place anyone could imagine...
