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3.94 AVERAGE
3.94 AVERAGE
I adored this book and I read it a few years ago as an adult! The time slip is used brilliantly ,the emotion oozes through her words and the ending is so touching!
adventurous
dark
emotional
funny
hopeful
informative
inspiring
lighthearted
mysterious
reflective
sad
tense
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
A young boy time-travels to Victorian England in the same house, via the strange power of a grandfather clock. I am a complete sucker for wistful, potentially tragic wibbly wobbly timey wimey tales (as the Doctor would say).
I had to read this for my upcoming Open University course and I loved it. I am sure I read it as a child, although I hadn't really remembered much of it. It was magical, fun and I ate it up with delight! The story follows a boy called Tom whose brother gets the measles. To protect him, his parents ship him off to his aunt and uncle's flat where he has to stay in doors in quarantine.
His despair at staying away from his brother for the summer, with no garden to play in and no trees to climb, is quickly halted by discovering a strange garden, only visible to him and only when the grandfather clock strikes thirteen!
In this margical place, he meets Hattie, a little orphan girl who is lonely and unwanted by her cousins and aunt. It is soon clear that Hattie lives in a different time to Tom and yet depite this, their friendship grows.
Each time Tom visits the garden, which for him is every night, time has passed for Hattie meaning she ages in front of Tom's eyes but without him really noticing.
I am so glad I read this book and look forward to getting into it on my new OU Children's Literature course.
His despair at staying away from his brother for the summer, with no garden to play in and no trees to climb, is quickly halted by discovering a strange garden, only visible to him and only when the grandfather clock strikes thirteen!
In this margical place, he meets Hattie, a little orphan girl who is lonely and unwanted by her cousins and aunt. It is soon clear that Hattie lives in a different time to Tom and yet depite this, their friendship grows.
Each time Tom visits the garden, which for him is every night, time has passed for Hattie meaning she ages in front of Tom's eyes but without him really noticing.
I am so glad I read this book and look forward to getting into it on my new OU Children's Literature course.
This is exactly the type of low fantasy I loved as a kid. You have the normal, everyday, mundane world, and then, suddenly, you open a door to another one. It isn't a door to witches, talking lions, or even dragons, but to a quieter, more sedate world—a secret garden—complete with a little playmate, even. This is a very charming, sweet story, grounded in the everyday details of midcentury England, of the tea and stiff upper lip variety.
adventurous
lighthearted
relaxing
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
adventurous
mysterious
reflective
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
The beginning was incredibly slow, I was on page 115-ish (out of 300) before I was like, “Okay, I want to see how this ends.” However, it was a nice little ending. Cute read.
A clever story with a twist at the end.
Audiobook (in the style of an old radio drama was not my favorite).
Audiobook (in the style of an old radio drama was not my favorite).
adventurous
emotional
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Loveable characters:
Yes