Tom's Midnight Garden

Tom's Midnight Garden by Pearce, A. Philippa. hardcover edition. ISBN: 9780397304752.

Tom is furious. His brother, Peter, has measles, so now Tom is being shipped off to stay with Aunt Gwen and Uncle Alan in their boring old apartment. Therell be nothing to do there and no one to play with. Tom just counts the days till he can return home to Peter.Then one night the landladys antique grandfather clock strikes thirteen times leading Tom to a wonderful, magical discovery and marking the beginning of a secret thats almost too amazing to be true. But it is true, and in the new world that Tom discovers is a special friend named Hatty and more than a summers worth of adventure for both of them. Now Tom wishes he could stay with his relativesand Hatty -- forever...