This essay is about Tom's Midnight Garden, a book written by Philippa Pearce. The story tells the adventure of a lonely boy in an enchanted garden, who finds a new playmate in Hattie and with whom he shares the adventure. It is also about "the development of Tom's conscious state in childhood as he becomes aware of complex emphatic feelings and more diverse mental states that arise from his desperate need for freedom." (Natov: 2009, 223) Also, how time works and relates to the plot. Tom Long is forced because he feels in exile far from home, from his family and playmate, Peter, his brother, who is in quarantine because he is infected with measles. Then Tom is sent to his Uncle Alan and Aunt Gwen's house. He sees the living room with perplexity because they have no children to play with and not even a garden since they live in an apartment, which is part of an old manor house transformed into apartments. Which is owned by a lonely old lady called Mrs. Bartholomew. Tom notices a loudly ringing grandfather clock that his Uncle Alan complains about striking the wrong time of thirteen. His aunt shows him the apartment and proudly shows him his room, when he sees the window he says: "Those windows have bars, I'm not a child!" (Pearce, 1993, p.). One night, Tom was sleepless. He heard the clock chime so Tom goes to check the correct time; leaves the house to look at the clock in the downstairs hallway. It was midnight, but Tom had counted thirteen. Meanwhile, thinking of investigating the surroundings, he goes to open the back door. Pull the big bolt; he opens the door and is amazed to see a beautiful garden in front of him. The next day, when he asks about the garden, Tom is told that he...... middle of paper ...... Bibliography Montgomery, H and Nicola. J. Watson eds. (2009). Classic texts of children's literature and contemporary trends. H. Montgomery. Introduction. Palgrave Macmillan, Basingstoke. p 203-6.Montgomery, H. & Nicola. J. Watson eds. (2009). Classic texts of children's literature and contemporary trends. R. Natov. Childhood and the green world. Palgrave Macmillan, Basingstoke. p221-5.Montgomery, H. and Nicholas. J. Watson eds. (2009). Classic texts of children's literature and contemporary trends. M. Rustin. & M. Rustin Solitude, dream and discovery. Palgrave Macmillan, Basingstoke. p207.Montgomery, H. & Nicholas. J. Watson eds. (2009). Classic texts of children's literature and contemporary trends. M. Nikolajeva. Midnight gardens, magical wells. Palgrave Macmillan, Basingstoke. P216-20.Pearce, P. (1993). Tom's Midnight Garden. Puffin Books Ltd, London