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Tom's Midnight Garden
by Philippa Pearce
I put together a list of books that I remember loving when I was young and wanted to reread them. This was the first of those. I will say that it feels like it might be too dry for my kids now. It's definitely old fashioned feeling,mans that includes what were the contemporary parts when it was written.
I really remembered very little about this books but that I loved it, and I see why. It is a time-slip book and I was super into that. Tom finds himself in the distant past, although he's not really sure exactly when. He befriends a young girl and visits here back and forth over a number of years. As I was reading it, I remembered bits and pieces. I also very clearly knew the big twist. I'm not sure if that's because I remembered it, or because it's so obvious because this has become a much used plot device.
I was also struck by how annoying Tom was and how bad his uncle was with kids.
I think kids today might think the plot of this book was copied from other things, but really, this was an influential book that came first.
I really remembered very little about this books but that I loved it, and I see why. It is a time-slip book and I was super into that. Tom finds himself in the distant past, although he's not really sure exactly when. He befriends a young girl and visits here back and forth over a number of years. As I was reading it, I remembered bits and pieces. I also very clearly knew the big twist. I'm not sure if that's because I remembered it, or because it's so obvious because this has become a much used plot device.
I was also struck by how annoying Tom was and how bad his uncle was with kids.
I think kids today might think the plot of this book was copied from other things, but really, this was an influential book that came first.