A cross little girl named Mary Lennox lives in India with her rich parents and their servants until the household erupts with Cholera and everyone dies or flees. Leaving Mary by herself until she’s found by an English officer who sends her back to England to live with her uncle. When she arrives she slowly comes more and more alive and she runs, plays and explores the gardens around the estate. Through her wanderings she finds a new secret and makes new friends who teach her things, and she teaches them things in return.
This is one of my favorite childhood books, it has a bit of an advanced vocabulary and an interesting writing style that is a bit old-fashioned. But the story is captivating, with its window into how children think and play with a combination of magic and science. The only problem I have with this book is that some ideals are pretty old-fashioned as well as some language that doesn’t really age well.