December
11
Anne Hathaway
A beloved middle-grade/young adult book
The Secret Garden
Frances Hodgson Burnett
Historical
"I wanted to be Mary Lennox so badly."
"I still have a soft spot for gardens and I'm always going off to see if I can find locked doors inside them."
The National, August 12, 2011
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