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Violence
None
No violence
Language
None
No profanity
Sexual Content
None
No sexual content
Substance Use
None
No substance use
Emotional Intensity
Barely any
The gentle melancholy of time passing and the mystery of Hatty's relationship to Tom creates the novel's singular emotional atmosphere — moving but not disturbing
What this book is about
Philippa Pearce's beloved Carnegie Medal-winning novel follows Tom, quarantined at his aunt and uncle's flat, who discovers that when the clock strikes thirteen at midnight, the back garden transforms into a Victorian landscape — and a girl named Hatty is there to play. The novel is a masterpiece of time, memory, and friendship across impossible distances. A genuinely beautiful children's novel appropriate for all ages.
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