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Tom’s brother has come down with measles and Tom is sent to stay with his aunt and uncle for the duration of his brother’s sickness. Tom is not happy about having to stay cooped up in a small apartment. And then everything changes. A clock strikes thirteen and Tom makes his way out a door and into a magical garden where he makes a new friend and has a thousand exciting adventures.
I’m not a fan of ghost stories and I like my magical stories to include super powers, but despite the ghosts in the b ...more
I’m not a fan of ghost stories and I like my magical stories to include super powers, but despite the ghosts in the b ...more
This 1950's classic for young readers is well-deserving of its reputation. Midnight Garden falls somewhere within the category shared by the Green Knowe books, which I have also been reading, so this mid-century writing surely influenced similar children's stories that were written later. Pearce captured elements important to us such as time, memory, dreams, loneliness, and change. Throughout the story, my mind moved from the thought of passing time to that of how experience and place can overco
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This is a good classic kid's story - a less saccharine Secret Garden. Enjoyable and with a truly mesmerizing garden.
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I absolutely loved this book when I was a kid.
Jul 02, 2014
Deedee
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Lexile 860L
IL: MG - BL: 6.1 - AR Pts: 9.0
IL: MG - BL: 6.1 - AR Pts: 9.0
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