false <![CDATA[Tom's Midnight Garden]]> http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1175653706m/543086.jpg 543086 28 <P>Tom is furious. His brother, Peter, has measles, so now Tom is being shipped off to stay with Aunt Gwen and Uncle Alan in their boring old apartment. There'll be nothing to do there and no one to play with. Tom just counts the days till he can return home to Peter.Then one night the landlady's antique grandfather clock strikes thirteen times leading Tom to a wonderful, magical discovery and marking the beginning of a secret that's almost too amazing to be true. But it is true, and in the new world that Tom discovers is a special friend named Hatty and more than a summer's worth of adventure for both of them. Now Tom wishes he could stay with his relativesand Hatty -- forever...</p> 530403 1984 Tom's Midnight Garden total:420|5:152|4:132|3:114|2:19|1:3| 420 1671 617 49 5 3 false false Fri Dec 05 12:10:46 -0800 2008 Mon Nov 19 11:16:26 -0800 2007 Fri Dec 05 12:10:46 -0800 2008 more...]]> 4 3 false false Thu Nov 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Thu Oct 11 05:27:39 -0700 2007 Sat Nov 10 14:12:50 -0800 2007 A Secret Garden with an E. Nesbit-lite twist.

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Tom is forced to stay with aunt and uncle for the holidays. He hates the "no-garden"-ness of their city flat, and a cranky old landlady who lives in the attic. One night, the old grandfather clock downstairs struck 13. Tom i...more...]]> 3 1 true false Fri Jul 03 07:49:22 -0700 2009 Fri Jul 03 07:49:22 -0700 2009 4 0 false false Tue Sep 15 08:35:11 -0700 2009 Tue Sep 15 12:42:45 -0700 2009 more...]]> 5 0 false false Mon Jun 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Tue Jun 02 02:38:18 -0700 2009 Tue Jun 02 02:56:07 -0700 2009 1
I'd always assumed that this...more...]]> 4 0 false false Wed Jul 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Tue Jun 30 15:52:14 -0700 2009 Sun Jul 12 10:46:31 -0700 2009 Philippa Pearce brings the past alive by turning it into the present in this magical time-shift fantasy about a young boy named Tom Long.

Tom is placed in quarantine for measles and is sent to live with his childless aunt and uncle for a few weeks. They live in an apartment which is part ...more...]]> 2 0 false false Tue Aug 04 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sun Aug 02 07:57:05 -0700 2009 Tue Aug 04 18:21:47 -0700 2009 more...]]> 5 1 false false Sat Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2005 Sun May 17 17:36:50 -0700 2009 Sun May 17 17:39:47 -0700 2009 more...]]> 3 0 false false Mon Mar 30 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sat Feb 21 12:46:30 -0800 2009 Tue Mar 31 12:53:51 -0700 2009 1
Unfortunately, I just never really liked any of the characters, or cared about them much. Tom is a haughty, bored boy with very little change or growth throughout the ...more...]]> 5 0 false false Tue Feb 10 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Wed Feb 11 18:29:49 -0800 2009 Wed Feb 11 18:32:06 -0800 2009 0 0 false false Wed Sep 09 21:15:24 -0700 2009 Wed Sep 09 21:16:52 -0700 2009 5 0 false false Wed Jul 08 20:47:07 -0700 2009 Wed Jul 08 21:28:45 -0700 2009 4 0 false false Sun Jun 14 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Mon Jun 15 11:47:21 -0700 2009 Mon Jun 15 11:47:21 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Thu Mar 12 08:15:45 -0700 2009 Thu Mar 12 08:16:20 -0700 2009 4 0 false false Sat Jul 01 00:00:00 -0700 2006 Tue Apr 07 12:28:14 -0700 2009 Tue Apr 07 12:28:14 -0700 2009 5 0 false false Fri Jan 09 14:50:20 -0800 2009 Fri Jan 09 14:50:56 -0800 2009 5 0 false false Sat Jan 10 12:59:36 -0800 2009 Sat Jan 10 14:56:20 -0800 2009 5 0 false false Sun Feb 01 06:30:00 -0800 2009 Sun Feb 01 06:31:33 -0800 2009 3 0 false false Tue Oct 20 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Wed Oct 21 13:07:12 -0700 2009 Wed Oct 21 13:08:34 -0700 2009 http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/8?book_id=543086