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3.94 AVERAGE
3.94 AVERAGE
adventurous
emotional
mysterious
relaxing
This is a mysterious, delightful book filled with ghosts and time travel and family. Tom, in his unhappiness at staying with his aunt and uncle, discover a midnight garden which does not exist at any other time. Yet he appears to be going back in time...either that, or he's seeing ghosts. Or is he the ghost? He ponders this for many mornings, wondering just how real such an unreal place can be.
Tom's Midnight Garden is written in that typical 50's style, but a style that is nonetheless intriguing. Both Tom and Hatty and their respective families pose as much curiosity at times as the time travel question does. Overall, this is a fun book, perfect for a fifth or sixth grader interested in ghosts.
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Tom's Midnight Garden is written in that typical 50's style, but a style that is nonetheless intriguing. Both Tom and Hatty and their respective families pose as much curiosity at times as the time travel question does. Overall, this is a fun book, perfect for a fifth or sixth grader interested in ghosts.
Review cross-listed here!
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Tom’s Midnight Garden was the winner of the 1958 Carnegie Medal. Like most older books, it has wonderful descriptions and a wonderful childlike innocence.
I had read that Tom’s Midnight Garden is comparable to The Secret Garden by Frances Eliza Hodgson, but the similarities are superficial. Both books have children who have discovered a garden where adults are unaware of the mystery that surrounds them and the protagonist is lonely and dejected.
Tom enjoys the garden as a toy or an adventure. The garden becomes the setting to meet Hattie, though he just sees her as a playmate and doesn’t completely realize...
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I had read that Tom’s Midnight Garden is comparable to The Secret Garden by Frances Eliza Hodgson, but the similarities are superficial. Both books have children who have discovered a garden where adults are unaware of the mystery that surrounds them and the protagonist is lonely and dejected.
Tom enjoys the garden as a toy or an adventure. The garden becomes the setting to meet Hattie, though he just sees her as a playmate and doesn’t completely realize...
To read the full review go to www.talesuntangled.wordpress.com
I read the graphic novel adaptation of this book to a 3rd grade class. I brought my copy of the book in to show them the original novel and they asked me to read it to them. I was very impressed with how much they enjoyed a somewhat old fashioned book. It doesn't have a lot of action and the children in the book are so far removed from what my students experience. It's almost a little difficult to read out loud because the language structure is a little different. But they did enjoy it very much and decided they liked the novel better than the graphic novel because there were a lot more details in the novel. I appreciated their response to the book. I didn't expect them to like it as much as they did.
(Although technically the audiobook was actually a BBC radio play adaptation.)
Not as good (as my memory of) Minnow on the Say, which I read as a child, but a good read all the same.
I read this book as a little girl and could not remember the title or the author for years! I just knew the skeliton of the story and that I really liked it. Now that I accidentally came across the title again, I have to put it in at once so I don't forget it again.
Die schönsten Ferienpläne sind geplatzt: Toms Bruder hat die Masern ! Daher wird Tom bei Onkel Alan und Tante Gwen (in Castleford, England) einquartiert, um sich nicht anzustecken. Endlose Langeweile scheint unvermeidbar. Doch dann geschieht das Unfassbare : Die alte Standuhr im Treppenhaus schlägt 13. Und in dieser magischen Stunde nach Mitternacht verwandelt sich der graue Hinterhof des Hauses in einem zauberhaften Garten. Nacht für Nacht schleicht Tom fortan hinaus und entdeckt eine fremde Welt in einer längst vergangenen Zeit.
Ich habe die Angewohnheit, bevor ich ein Buch abbreche erst noch einmal die Amazon Rezensionen zu prüfen. Diese geben mir manchmal einen Hinweis darauf, ob das Buch noch besser wird oder nicht. So habe ich nach ca 70 Seiten auch dieses Buch, welches ein Spontankauf beim Buchhändler war, bei Amazon nachgeschlagen. Eine Rezension besagte, dass das Buch ab der Hälfte deutlich besser wird. Tatsächlich nahm die Geschichte an Tempo auf und wurde noch zu einer recht zauberhaften Kindergeschichte, die aber leider insgesamt gesehen doch eher langweilig war.
Ich habe die Angewohnheit, bevor ich ein Buch abbreche erst noch einmal die Amazon Rezensionen zu prüfen. Diese geben mir manchmal einen Hinweis darauf, ob das Buch noch besser wird oder nicht. So habe ich nach ca 70 Seiten auch dieses Buch, welches ein Spontankauf beim Buchhändler war, bei Amazon nachgeschlagen. Eine Rezension besagte, dass das Buch ab der Hälfte deutlich besser wird. Tatsächlich nahm die Geschichte an Tempo auf und wurde noch zu einer recht zauberhaften Kindergeschichte, die aber leider insgesamt gesehen doch eher langweilig war.