LovedTom's Midnight Garden is one of the most enchanting, charming, and heartfelt stories I've ever read. The descriptions of the garden and house felt as alive to me as they were to Tom.
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Tom's Midnight Garden (1958)
Creators: Loved Daytime life for Tom is dull, but each night he participates in the lives of the former inhabitants of the old house in which he is spending an enforced vacation.
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Lovedthis is like such a magical treasure of a book it's like nice quick and easy read
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Diana Wynne JonesAs the oldest daughter, willful, outspoken Sophie knew that her life could lead to nothing but mistakes. When her father dies, her stepmother sends her two sisters out to make their fortunes while Sophie continues to work in the family hattery. As she whispers her thoughts to the hats she trims, the shop begins to grow in popularity, until she offends the Wicked Witch of the Waste. The witch casts a spell turning Sophie into an old woman. Sophie leaves the shop and happens upon the castle of the Wizard Howl. He has a reputation for finding young women and eating their hearts but that doesn't stop Sophie from moving in and turning the lives of the whole castle, including Howl's apprentice and his fire demon, upside down in a battle against the wicked witch and for Sophie's future.
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