The Secret Garden, Frances Hodgson Burnett, Penguin Books.

Considered to be the epitome of children’s literature, The Secret Garden is actually less about the garden to me as an adult, than it was to me as a child. As a child, the garden – this beautiful, safe place that no one else knew about – was the most exciting, magical place, but now, the exact same story line takes a different turn revolving around the protagonist Mary who we remember to be "quite contrary".