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Title	:	Tom's Midnight Garden
Author	:	Philippa Pearce
Book Format	:	Paperback
Book Edition	:	First Edition
Pages	:	Pages: 240 pages
Published	:	October 30th 1992 by Greenwillow Books (first published December 31st 1958)
Categories	:	Fantasy. Childrens. Classics. Fiction. Science Fiction. Time Travel

Tom's Midnight Garden

Philippa Pearce

Paperback | Pages: 240 pages

Rating: 4.07 | 21859 Users | 798 Reviews

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I was surprised finding myself that I really liked this book. This is my 98th book this year and just my 2nd children's fiction. If this were not one of the children's books in the 501 Must Read Books, I would not have picked this up.

Time Slip is used brilliantly in the plot that you don't know between the two main characters, Tom or Hatty, is the ghost and who is a real human being. To give you an example, in the movie Sixth Sense, you know right away who are the ghosts because the boy character says "I see dead people." Here, at first, I thought Hatty was clearly the ghost until she described Tom and then I did not know anymore. Then in the end, there is another surprise but I will not tell you what as I do not want to spoil your reading.

The final scene is the most heartwarming and moving scene in a children's book that I've so far encountered. Prior to this, my most moving scene was in the book Charlotte's Web (1952) specifically when the many baby spiders appear in the barn one morning while Charlotte (the lady spider) is explaining to Wilbur (the pig) the passing of time. The difference between the two is that the characters in this book, Tom and the elderly Hatty, are real people so it is easy to identify with them. They don't talk about anything profound like Charlotte and Wilbur but the revelation is so gripping that would not think that this book was published during the time when your parents were probably not born yet (1958).

The grandfather's clock ringing on the 13th hour is for me very imaginative. The ice skater reminded me of the movie Somewhere in Time. There are so many memorable elements in this book that had Pearce only used more complex language, this book could be for adults and maybe classified as either a book under sci-fi or horror genres or maybe a fusion of those. Or throw in a love story between Tom and Hatty and this could be good material for a romantic movie.

Intelligent writing. Innovative plot. Immensely imaginative. Why is it that I am only reading these beautiful children's books now that I am past the mid-point of my life here on earth?

Mind you, don't underestimate the children's books. Sometimes, they are even more complex and engaging than other popular bestsellers written with adult readers in mind.

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Original Title:	Tom's Midnight Garden
ISBN:	0064404455 (ISBN13: 9780064404457)
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Literary Awards:	Lewis Carroll Shelf Award (1963), Carnegie Medal (1958)

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Ratings: 4.07 From 21859 Users | 798 Reviews

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I think it's really good. It's rather an exciting book which wants you to move on from the blurb, to the 1st page. Tom gets taken from his home because Peter, his brother, has the measles. He stays at his Uncle's. He hates being sent away to his Uncle and Aunt's, but he does have a wonderful surprise... He than makes a great plan, before writing letters home with love... His mysterious findings are still not found out or figured. As still a mystery, Tom gets frustrated... Weird... he can (he

Tom Long is a young boy who is sent to stay with his Aunt and Uncle for a Summer when his brother becomes ill. There isn't much for Tom to do, but one night when the big old Grandfather clock in the hall strikes Thirteen, Tom goes to investigate. He opens a door to shine some moonlight on the clock........and finds a wonderful garden where there should only be rubbish bins and concrete. Written in 1958, this was a childhood favourite of mine. I never owned a copy, but I borrowed it from the

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Oooh for some reason I really enjoyed this book. Time travel is always pretty confusing for me, since I try to grasp everything going on, but it's nice to sometimes abandon yourself into reading and stop trying to make out all the logic and paradoxes... Tom travels to the past, Hetty can see the future, and a pair of ice skates travel between centuries. It sounded weird that Hetty lived in the late 1800s and a kid from modern times saw her, but then I had to remind myself that the book was first

This is another one of those titles that remember from school days but cannot remember reading - Along with the rats of NIMH and the secret garden there were a list of books we had to read at school which I think at the time I dreaded or hated in equal measures but now look back with fondness and curiosity. Well I had the chance to get a copy (okay this copy) for free and leapt at the chance to read it (again I think). And I must admit the memories all came flooding back - yet the book reads

I was surprised finding myself that I really liked this book. This is my 98th book this year and just my 2nd children's fiction. If this were not one of the children's books in the 501 Must Read Books, I would not have picked this up. Time Slip is used brilliantly in the plot that you don't know between the two main characters, Tom or Hatty, is the ghost and who is a real human being. To give you an example, in the movie Sixth Sense, you know right away who are the ghosts because the boy

It has been several years since I last read this beautifully enchanting and somewhat haunting time-slip tale about childhood, friendship, adolescence and the ocean swept passages of time.This being not only my favourite time travel book but perhaps my favourite stand alone novel of all time, I thought its about time I wrote a little something about it. To be honest, I'm triggered to writing this in a hope of promoting its position in a poll for our next time travel book of the month group read.