Books : Tom's Midnight Garden

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Binding: Paperback
EAN: 9780064404457
ISBN: 0064404455
Label: HarperTrophy
Manufacturer: HarperTrophy
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 240
Publication Date: September 01, 1992
Publisher: HarperTrophy
Reading Level: Ages 9-12
Release Date: October 30, 1992
Sales Rank: 53146
Studio: HarperTrophy

Editorial Review:

Product Description:


Tom is furious. His brother, Peter, has measles, so now Tom is being shipped off to stay with Aunt Gwen and Uncle Alan in their boring old apartment. There'll be nothing to do there and no one to play with. Tom just counts the days till he can return home to Peter.Then one night the landlady's antique grandfather clock strikes thirteen times leading Tom to a wonderful, magical discovery and marking the beginning of a secret that's almost too amazing to be true. But it is true, and in the new world that Tom discovers is a special friend named Hatty and more than a summer's worth of adventure for both of them. Now Tom wishes he could stay with his relativesand Hatty -- forever...

Average Rating:

Rating: - The kind of book all authors want to write
What an amazing and haunting story! I originally read this in jr. high when I was feeling rather misunderstood and lonely. Children's literature has long lost its ability to make its fantasy infusions subtle and part of the story--without declaring the book high fantasy. This is part of that world of stories. Tom is a character at a remarkable level few characters reach; he is someone to whom kids can relate as he makes friends, hopes for an eternal childhood, and observes the process of growing ... Read More

Rating: - Still great 20 years later
I fondly remember this book from school years, and happily purchased another copy again this year. And at 35, I enjoyed it just as much! The story is beautifully written, and as a reader I feel privileged to share the story from Tom's point of view, and feel that I'm there in the book with Tom as I read. It's easy to visualise the story as it progresses. The characters are lively and the emotions change with the story, a great read.

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Rating: - This is a book you never forget
Like all others who read the book as a child, I like them was enchanted by this beautifully written book. I read it (shool library) when I was about 11 and I have been looking for it the next forty years...
It took the Internet and Google to give me another chance at reading the story I cherished for a lifetime.

Extraordinary...

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Rating: - Never surpassed.
I first chanced upon this book as a seven year old. I had read many books before but this one truly opened my mind to the wondrous joy of reading.

Nearly thirty years later I have not yet found a book to surpass it. Re-reading as an adult I still see why its multi-layered, perfectly self-consistent meanings entranced me.

The apparent wish-fulfilment of the story is really only the surface. Around the dream garden and its marvels flow deeper themes: of growing apart and loss ... Read More

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Rating: - The thirteenth hour
Do you remember those old textbooks they used to hand out in fourth grade English class back in the 1980s? How they'd contain a section or a snippet out of some of the great works of children's fiction in the hopes of whetting our elementary appetites and interests so that we'd seek out the books on our own? No? Well, I do. I remember reading one of these textbooks one day and coming across a section in which a boy lives in a house where the clock strikes thirteen one night. Then he stumbles onto ... Read More