After the death of her parents, the neglected and spoiled Mary Lennox is sent to her uncle's large and lonely house on the Yorkshire Moors. There she discovers a secret garden and with the help of her strange animal-charming friend Dickon, not only restores the garden but in the process transforms herself to an unselfish and happy child, and helps cure her sick cousin, and to rehabilitate his gloomy, grief-stricken father. This timeless classic is included in the ELA Common Core Text Exemplar list.