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Stage 3 · The Grand Tour

The Secret Garden

Frances Hodgson Burnett · 1911

Two lonely children grow well together as they bring a neglected garden back to life.

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  1. Part 9What helps Mary find the hidden door: luck, the robin, or the changes in Mary herself?
  2. Part 13Dickon and Mary begin to "wake up" the garden. Is the garden the only thing that is waking up?
  3. Last partHow does a hidden garden help a lonely, contrary girl begin to grow?

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  1. Lesson 1FreeMary is left all alone in the bungalow. Why does nobody remember her?Start
  2. Lesson 2SubscriptionMary wonders why she never seemed to belong to anyone. Why might she feel this way?Locked
  3. Lesson 3SubscriptionMary crosses the dark moor to a strange house. How does this place make her feel, and why?Locked
  4. Lesson 4SubscriptionMartha is not like any servant Mary has ever known. How does meeting Martha begin to change Mary?Locked
  5. Lesson 5SubscriptionA garden has been locked for ten years. Why does it begin to matter so much to Mary?Locked
  6. Lesson 6SubscriptionMary tells the robin, "I'm lonely." How can saying this out loud begin to change her?Locked
  7. Lesson 7SubscriptionWho is crying in the house, and why does nobody want Mary to know?Locked
  8. Lesson 8SubscriptionMartha asks Mary, "How does tha' like thysel'?" Why might this question matter so much to Mary?Locked
  9. Lesson 9SubscriptionWhat helps Mary find the hidden door: luck, the robin, or the changes in Mary herself?Locked
  10. Lesson 10SubscriptionIs the secret garden dead or alive, and why does it matter so much to Mary?Locked
  11. Lesson 11SubscriptionHow is Mary changing, and what is helping her change?Locked
  12. Lesson 12SubscriptionWhy does Mary decide to share her secret with Dickon? Was it a wise choice?Locked
  13. Lesson 13SubscriptionDickon and Mary begin to "wake up" the garden. Is the garden the only thing that is waking up?Locked
  14. Lesson 14SubscriptionWhen Mary asks for "a bit of earth," what is she really asking for?Locked
  15. Lesson 15SubscriptionHow does a hidden garden help a lonely, contrary girl begin to grow?Review · Final essayLocked

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  1. CHAPTER XIII"I AM COLIN"
  2. CHAPTER XIVA YOUNG RAJAH
  3. CHAPTER XVNEST BUILDING
  4. CHAPTER XVI"I WON'T!" SAID MARY
  5. CHAPTER XVIIA TANTRUM
  6. CHAPTER XVIII"THA' MUNNOT WASTE NO TIME"
  7. CHAPTER XIX"IT HAS COME!"
  8. CHAPTER XX"I SHALL LIVE FOREVER--AND EVER--AND EVER!"
  9. CHAPTER XXIBEN WEATHERSTAFF
  10. CHAPTER XXIIWHEN THE SUN WENT DOWN
  11. CHAPTER XXIIIMAGIC
  12. CHAPTER XXIV"LET THEM LAUGH"
  13. CHAPTER XXVTHE CURTAIN
  14. CHAPTER XXVI"IT'S MOTHER!"
  15. CHAPTER XXVIIIN THE GARDEN

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