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Tom's midnight garden by Phillipa Pearce
Why am I doing this web page? [you don't have to read this bit if you don't want to.]
I am doing this web page because my homework is to do a project on the book I am reading in my book club. My book club book is Tom's midnight garden, so I have decied to do a web page on it. I hope you enjoy it.
In 2007, Tom's midnight garden was elected the 2nd favourite book of the British nation.
Summary
This enchanting story begins when 12-year-old Tom goes to his aunt and uncle's house as his brother,Peter, gets the measles.He has to survive hours and days of boredom and rich, heavy meals. As he lies in bed awake after no going outside, he listens to Mrs Bartholomew's old grandfather clock,it strikes eleven....twelve.....thirteen! Thirteen times! And this is not a 24-hour clock, trust me. Tom goes downstairs to check the clock face but seems to find a magical garden in the place of the concrete bin area. His only-excisting-in-the-thirteenth-hour garden is filled with greenery and yew trees. He finds people in this garden. But are they ignoring him?
Information on book
Originally published: 31 December 1958
Author: Philippa Pearce
Illustrator: Susan Einzig
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Genres: Children's Literature, Fantasy Fiction, Adventure Fiction
Awards: Carnegie Medal
Tom's midnight garden has also been turned into a movie including Anothy Way, Florence Hoath, Greta Scacchi and James Wilby.
Rating
Goodreads rate this book 4.1 stars out of 5 star but Waterstones rate this book 5 stars out of 5 stars. I reccomend this book to someone with a taste of cheekiness and maybe to someone who likes children's books as Tom and Hatty are very childish. This book is set in the night period as well as, when Tom is not in the garden but in the flat, the day time.
Goodreads' rating
Warterstones' rating
About Philippa Pearce
Philippa Pearce was born on the 22nd of January 1920 in Great Shelford but unfortunatly died on the 21st of December 2006 in Durham. Philippa had a child who was Sally Pearce. Philippa had an education at University of Cambridge, Stephen Perse Foundation and Girton College.
Other books Philippa Pearce has wrote
A dog so small-1962
The squirrel wife-1971
The Battle of Bubble and Squeak-1978
The way to satin shore-1983
The children of charlecote-1968
A dog so small and the Battle of Bubble and Squeak were runner-ups to the Carnegie award after Tom's midnight garden.
I have not read the whole book, but I have read enough to know it is a good book!!!
this page and contents is done by Laura Slaney Garcia, age 10. 2019