by Philippa Pearce · Siruela · tapa dura · ISBN 9788498415254
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Dive into the magical story of Tom in 'Midnight's Garden'. Forced to spend the summer vacation at his uncles' house due to his brother's measles, Tom finds himself bored and with nothing to do. But one night, the clock on the gate strikes thirteen, and everything changes. On the other side of the door, he discovers a fantastic garden that didn't exist before, inhabited by three boys and a girl. Are they ghosts, or is Tom the one who has become one? This rare and emotional story, beautifully written, will captivate you from the first page.
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.
