The Secret Garden is a children's novel by Frances Hodgson Burnett, first published as a book in 1911. ____ (set) in England, it is one of Burnett's most popular novels and is considered a classic of English children's literature. Several stage and film ____ (adapt) have been made. At the turn of the 20th century, Mary Lennox is sickly and unloved 10-tear-old girl, born in India to ____(wealth) British parents who never want her. She is cared ____by servants, who allow her ____ (become) a spoiled, aggressive and selfish child. ____ through the discovery of her aunt's secret garden, her brother, and a cousin, Mary becomes a child we would all like to have as part of our household.

    The Secret Garden has become____ important part of children's literature, in 2003, it ranked number 51 in “The Big Read,” ____was a survey of the British public by the BBC to identify the “Nation's Best-loved” among all kinds. Based on a 2007 online survey, it ____ (name) one of “Teachers' Top 100 Books for Children” by the U.S. National Education Association. In 2012 it ranked number 15 among all-time children's ____(novel) in a survey published by School Library Journal.