*Award-winner-Carnegie Medal
When Tom must stay with his aunt and uncle in their flat because his brother Peter has the measles, he is fraught with despair. Their flat has no garden. He and his brother, Peter, had big plans to build a treehouse in their own garden that summer. Tom's despair and boredoom quickly disintegrate when he discovers that the concrete walkway with trash bins transforms at midnight to an expansive garden with trees, walls, orchards, a pond and with best of all, a young girl, Hatty as playmate. Only Hatty can see him (and later the reader learns that Abel, the gardener can see him too) and delights in his company. Tom's main concern now is how can he continue to stay with his aunt and uncle to prolong his midnight adventures.
Warning: a couple of swear words, Abel thinks Tom is a demon/devil, some discussion about ghosts
-Borrowed from the library.
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