{"product_id":"toms-midnight-garden-isbn-9780397304776","title":"Tom's Midnight Garden","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWinner of the Carnegie Medal\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFrom beloved author Philippa Pearce, a transcendent story of friendship that Philip Pullman, bestselling author of the His Dark Materials trilogy, called “a perfect book.”\u003c\/strong\u003e  \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhen Tom’s brother gets sick, he’s shipped off to spend what he’s sure will be a boring summer with his aunt and uncle in the country. But then Tom hears the old grandfather clock in the hall chime thirteen times, and he’s transported back to an old garden where he meets a young, lonely girl named Hatty.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTom returns to the garden every night to have adventures with Hatty, who mysteriously grows a little older with each visit. As the summer comes to an end, Tom realizes he wants to stay in the garden with Hatty forever.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWinner of the Carnegie Medal, \u003cem\u003eTom’s Midnight Garden\u003c\/em\u003e is a classic of children’s literature and a deeply satisfying time-travel mystery that \u003cem\u003eThe Guardian \u003c\/em\u003ecalled “a modern classic.”\u003c\/p\u003e | \u003cp align=\"left\"\u003eTom was a cross and resentful boy when he was sent to stay with his uncle and aunt because his brother, Peter, had caught the measles. As soon as he joined his relatives in their small apartment, he knew he would be bored and lonely. He would miss Peter as well as the garden at home where they used to play. Now he had no friends his own age, and, instead of a garden to explore, there was only a paved yard and a row of garbage cans outside the back door.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp align=\"left\"\u003eWhen the time came for Tom to go home, however, he did everything he could to prolong his visit. For he had made a strange and wonderful discovery -- a discovery that he could share with no one, except Peter. And Peter believed it all, and even, for one brief moment, came to share in Tom's fantastic midnight adventure.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp align=\"left\"\u003ePhilippa Pearce has created an enchanting story of the world of the imagination. The originality and charm of \u003cem\u003eTom's Midnight Garden\u003c\/em\u003e have won for it a distinguished place in England, and it has taken its place among the best books for children on this side of the Atlantic as well.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"HarperCollins","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44889517719781,"sku":"NP9780397304776","price":17.89,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1842\/7735\/files\/9780397304776.jpg?v=1730231418","url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/products\/toms-midnight-garden-isbn-9780397304776","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}