Among her other acclaimed books are Silent to the Bone, The Outcasts of 19 Schuyler Place, and The Mysterious Edge of the Heroic World. By Frances Hodgson Burnett, tells the romantic story of the regeneration of two sickly, spoiled children, Mary Lennox and her cousin Colin. Almost thirty years later she won the Newbery Medal once again for The View from Saturday. Frankweiler won the Newbery Medal and Jennifer, Hecate, Macbeth, William McKinley, and Me, Elizabeth was named a Newbery Honor Book. Konigsburg is the only author to have won the Newbery Medal and a Newbery Honor in the same year. She is best known for Little Lord Fauntleroy (1855–1856), A Little Princess (1905), and The Secret Garden (1911).Į.L. Though she began writing novels for adults, she gained lasting success writing for children. A gifted writer from childhood, Burnett took to writing as a means of supporting her family, creating stories for Lady’s Book, Harper’s Bazaar, and other magazines. With the help of two unexpected companions, Mary discovers a way in-and becomes determined to bring the garden back to life.įrances Hodgson Burnett (1849–1924) was born in Manchester, England, but moved to America as a teenager. Then, Mary discovers a secret garden, surrounded by walls and locked with a missing key. The gardens surrounding the large property are Mary’s only escape. And at night, she hears the sound of crying down one of the long corridors. The mansion has nearly one hundred rooms, and her uncle keeps himself locked up. When orphaned Mary Lennox comes to live at her uncle’s great house on the Yorkshire Moors, she finds it full of secrets.
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