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When Tom's brother Peter gets Measles , Tom is sent to stay with his uncle and aunt in a flat with no garden. Because he may be infectious he is not allowed out to play. Without exercise he is less sleepy at night and hears the communal Grandfather Clock strangely strike 13 - he investigates and finds the back yard is now a large sunlit garden. Here he meets Hatty who is the only one who can see him. They have adventures which he eventually realises are taking place in the late 19th century. Eventually he has to return home, but just before he does he meets Hatty, now a very old lady, again. REFERENCES
The book is set within the grounds of a mansion in Great Shelford, Cambridge. The sundial and other such features of the story are still very much evident. Philippa Pearce lived opposite this house when writing the novel. |
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