This story is pretty simple, but still feels magical. A young orphan gets sent to a giant house on the moor with no friends and no one to talk to. But she and her cousin discover magic in the secret garden. It's almost corny. Or would be if the writing wasn't so engaging. The descriptions of the garden are wonderful, and the children are great, well-developed characters, who feel like they're their own characters. Sometime about this story strikes a chord with me.