Tom's Midnight Garden

Tom's brother has come down with measles and Tom is sent to stay with his aunt and uncle for the duration of his brother's sickness. Tom is not happy about having to stay cooped up in a small apartment. And then everything changes. A clock strikes thirteen and Tom makes his way out a door and into a magical garden where he makes a new friend and has a thousand exciting adventures.

I'm not a fan of ghost stories and I like my magical stories to include super powers, but despite the ghosts in the book and the lack of special abilities in this story, I loved this book. I became a child when Tom entered the garden and I went with Tom as he wandered through time.

I never expected this children fiction novel to be so deep... At some point I wondered if children could comprehend its depth in full. Loved it! Such a sweet story.
Would recommend it for when feeling down and gloomy.