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The Secret Garden

Frances Hodgson Burnett (1911)

SubgenreChildren's Fantasy
Age groupMiddle Grade 8-12
Content ratingG
Pages256 (Standard (250-400))
SettingSecondary World
CSM age9
Goodreads4.17/5 (1310768)
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Content levels

ViolenceNone
Sexual contentNone
LanguageNone

Trigger warnings

Death of ParentChronic IllnessAbandonment

Positive tags

Healing ArcFriendshipFound FamilySelf-DiscoveryHopeful Ending

Hero archetypes

OrphanFish out of Water

Heroine archetypes

OrphanOutspoken HeroineFish out of Water

Protagonist archetypes

Coming-of-Age Protagonist

Tropes

Coming of AgeFound FamilyFish out of WaterHidden IdentityHealing

Themes

HealingNature as MedicineTransformationGriefLonelinessClass DivideConnection

Synopsis

A ten-year-old orphan comes to live in a lonely house on the Yorkshire moors where she discovers an invalid cousin and the mysteries of a locked garden.

Tags

Historical FictionRealistic FantasyBritish SettingVictorian Era