Tom's Midnight Garden
Tom's Midnight Garden is a 1958 time-travel fiction and ghost story play by Philippa Pearce. It is set in the 1950s. It deals with livres en gros caractères, ghosts, gardens and Imagination.
Open Library readers give it an average of 4.3 out of 5 from 11 ratings, and 158 more have it on their want-to-read list. It has been published in 56 editions across 8 languages.
At about 229 pages, most readers finish it in 4–5 hours.
About Tom's Midnight Garden
Daytime life for Tom is dull, but each night he participates in the lives of the former inhabitants of the old house in which he is spending an enforced vacation.
Quick answers
Who wrote Tom's Midnight Garden?
Tom's Midnight Garden was written by Philippa Pearce and first published in 1958.
What genre is Tom's Midnight Garden?
It is usually shelved as Time Travel and Ghost Stories.
How long is Tom's Midnight Garden?
The median edition has 229 pages, about 4–5 hours of reading at 250 words per minute.
What books are similar to Tom's Midnight Garden?
Readers who like it often enjoy The Doll in the Garden, The Dark Is Rising and The Halloween Tree.
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