by Philippa Pearce · Puffin Books · tapa blanda · ISBN 9780141319995
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«Tom's Midnight Garden» is the children's fantasy novel by Philippa Pearce, published by Puffin Books in paperback (240 pages, in English).
Tom is sent to spend the summer with his aunt and uncle because his brother has measles. One night, the clock in the apartment strikes thirteen and Tom discovers a garden at midnight. There he meets Hatty and together they have adventures that make him want to stay in that secret world forever.
This novel, originally published in 1958, received the Carnegie Medal in 1958 and the Lewis Carroll Shelf Award in 1963.
Recommended for young readers aged 9 and up and for those seeking a classic of children's and young adult literature.
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.
