Sent to live with her uncle in a drafty old house on the Yorkshire Moors, 10-year-old Mary Lennox misses her childhood home in India. Even though her wealthy parents were neglectful and never truly wanted her, Mary was spoiled by the staff and became self-centered and obnoxious. When the cholera epidemic sweeps through, killing Mary's parents, for the first time in her life she is well and truly alone.

After finding a key to the secret walled garden at her new home, Mary recruits the brother of one of the maids at Misselthwaite Manor to help her with tidying up the long-neglected space. Along the way she discovers a cousin she didn't know she had, and a newfound love of the outdoors, both of which help to heal the rifts in a family shattered by loss.

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