Madison's Square Garden : 9781434399496 : 04 Aug 2008 : Madison's Square Garden is a delightful yet realistic segment in the life of a ten year-old girl growing up with loving parents and grandparents on the family farm located at the edge of the Ozark Mountains. Hard work teaches her the values and restrictions of her very unusual pets. Madison's life is full of love, surprise, delight and disappointments. Through reading and guidance she tackles her fear of snakes. She happens upon and talks her grandfather into catching what the townspeople consider to be the largest rattlesnake ever found in South-western Missouri. She helps her friends overcome their fears by overcoming her own. In her garden, a special magic develops. Not wizardly magic but rather the magic that binds families and forms lifetime friendships. Madison's ideas and antics are the highlight those that know her. This is a heartwarming story those of all ages.