num_pages: 234
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...
language: English
title: Tom's Midnight Garden
titlecomplete: Tom's Midnight Garden
genres: Middle Grade, Historical Fiction, Historical, Childrens, Young Adult, Time Travel, Fantasy, Classics, Adventure, Fiction
ratings_count: 26153
awards: awardedAt: -220896000000
name: Lewis Carroll Shelf Award, awardedAt: -378662400000
name: Carnegie Medal
publisher: Puffin Books