A review by teenytinytina
The Secret Garden by Frances Hodgson Burnett

1.5

The overt and subtle racism kills me. The treatment of disability as mostly psychological also sorta kills me. There are so many stories children can and should read instead, if society wants to teach them the power of positive thinking. 

Maybe a future anniversary edition can come with notes on racism, for parents who love this story so much and can’t let go of their own enchantment with the book and want to pass it on to their children.
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