Nine-year-old Mary is sent to live with her uncle in his gloomy mansion after the death of her parents. During one of her explorations, the unhappy girl discovers the entrance to her late aunt's favorite garden, hidden behind high walls, and makes it her own. In the house, there is no one to care for her or play with her. Or is there? At night, she hears the cries of a little boy—her ten-year-old cousin Colin. The little tyrant has been locked away; he is in a wheelchair and seems very ill. Mary brings him into her garden, and a wonderful friendship begins. A children's book classic in a new translation. An exciting and touching novel about the transformation of two children and the wondrous power of nature.