by Philippa Pearce · Círculo de Lectores · tapa blanda · ISBN 9788422645405
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«El jardín de medianoche» is the children's fantasy novel by Philippa Pearce, published by Círculo de Lectores in paperback (220 pages, in Spanish).
Tom spends the summer at his aunt and uncle's house while his brother recovers from measles. Bored, he discovers that the hall clock strikes thirteen and, stepping through the door, finds a secret garden where other children live. Tom doesn't know if they are ghosts or if he is the ghost, and he experiences a friendship that crosses time.
Originally published as Tom's Midnight Garden, with translation by Joaquín Fernández. Belongs to the Onda joven collection and won the Carnegie Medal.
Intended for child and young adult readers and for adults who want to rediscover a classic of fantasy and time travel.
Ann Philippa Pearce OBE FRSL was an English author of children's books. Best known of those books is the time-slip novel Tom's Midnight Garden, which won the 1958 Carnegie Medal from the Library Association, as the year's outstanding children's book by a British subject. Pearce was a commended runner-up for the Medal a further four times.
