by Philippa Pearce · Puffin · libro de bolsillo · ISBN 9780140340495
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«Tom's Midnight Garden» is Philippa Pearce's children's fantasy novel, published by Puffin in paperback (224 pages, in English).
Tom is bored at his aunt and uncle's house while his brother recovers from measles. One night he hears the hall clock strike thirteen; going down to check, he discovers a magical garden where a girl and shared games open the door to adventures that cross time.
Winner of the Carnegie Medal in 1958 and the Lewis Carroll Shelf Award in 1963. Originally published in 1958.
Recommended for child readers from age 7 and young people, especially those who enjoy 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.
