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Tom's Midnight Garden

Philippa Pearce author

Format:Paperback

Publisher:Oxford University Press

Published:2nd Apr '15

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A timeless classic about Tom's adventures in his secret, midnight garden

Lying awake at night, Tom hears the old grandfather clock downstairs strike . . . eleven . . . twelve . . . thirteen . . . Thirteen! How strange! When Tom gets up to investigate, he discovers a magical garden. A garden that everyone told him doesn't exist. A garden that only he can enter . . .When Tom is sent to stay at his aunt and uncle's house for the summer, he resigns himself to endless weeks of boredom. As he lies awake in his bed he hears the grandfather clock downstairs strike . . .eleven . . . twelve . . . thirteen . . . Thirteen! Tom races down the stairs and out the back door, into a garden everyone told him wasn't there. In this enchanted thirteenth hour, the garden comes alive - but Tom is never sure whether the children he meets there are real or ghosts . . . This entrancing and magical story is one of the best-loved children's books ever written.

*** Featured in BBC Culture's 100 Greatest Children's Books of All Time ***
"Masterpiece of English children's literature." * The Independent *
"A timeless favourite." * Good Housekeeping *
"Haunting and lyrical children's story." * The Daily Telegraph *
"A story that came to be loved by children, parents and teachers everywhere." * The Times *
"A rare, moving story, beautifully written, and true in every way that matters." * The Guardian *
"This entrancing and magical story is one of the best-loved classic children>'s books and is a top choice for Year 6." * Books for Topics *

ISBN: 9780192734501

Dimensions: 198mm x 130mm x 15mm

Weight: 167g

240 pages

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