Green-growing secrets and powerful magic await you at Misselthwaite
Manor, now reimagined in this bewitching graphic novel adaptation of
Frances Hodgson Burnett's beloved tale. From Mariah Marsden, author of
the critically acclaimed Anne of Green Gables: A Graphic Novel, comes
the second installment in this series of retold children's classics.
Ten-year-old Mary Lennox arrives at a secluded estate on the Yorkshire
moors with a scowl and a chip on her shoulder. First, there's Martha
Sowerby: the too-cheery maid with bothersome questions who seems out of
place in the dreary manor. Then there's the elusive Uncle Craven, Mary's
only remaining family--whom she's not permitted to see. And finally,
there are the mysteries that seem to haunt the run-down place: rumors of
a lost garden with a tragic past, and a midnight wail that echoes across
the moors at night.
As Mary begins to explore this new world alongside her ragtag
companions--a cocky robin redbreast, a sour-faced gardener, and a boy
who can talk to animals--she learns that even the loneliest of hearts
can grow roots in rocky soil.
Given new life as a graphic novel in illustrator Hanna Luechtefeld's
whimsical style, The Secret Garden is more enchanting and relevant
than ever before. At the back of the book, readers can learn about the
life of Frances Hodgson Burnett and the history of British colonialism
that contextualizes the original novel.
