Frances Hodgson Burnett

When orphaned Mary Lennox, sickly and lonely and cross, comes to live at her uncle's great hous on the Yorkshire moors, she finds it full of secrets. Down a corridor of empty rooms she hears someone crying in the night. Outside, she meets Dickon, a magical boy who can charm the wild animals and birds or the countryside. And a robing Mary has befriended shows her the way to a walled, locked garden that has been completely for- gotten for years and years. Is everything in the garden dead, or can Mary make it grow again?

Alone in a new country, wealthy Sara Crewe tries to settle in and make friends at boarding school. But when she learns that she'll never see her beloved father again, her life is turned upside down. Transformed from princess to pauper, she must swap dancing lessons and luxury for hard work and a room in the attic. Will she find that kindess and generosity are all the riches she truly needs?

Young Cedric Errol and his mother live in poverty after the death of Captain Cedric Errol. However, their fortunes change when they learn that young Cedric’s grandfather is an Earl in England, and that Cedric has inherited the title Lord Fauntleroy and is heir to a vast estate. But when a pretender to Cedric’s inheritance appears, will his fortunes reverse again?