Thread: Name that book?
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Old 01-30-2009, 07:31 AM   #77
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Originally Posted by Sweetpea View Post
It's a book, about two or three children, who find a clock with 13 hours on it. The clock has dolphins on it. When the clock strikes 13, something happens. If I recall correctly, they find that clock in an old house (not sure if it's abandoned or not).
Haven't read it, but might it be Tom's Midnight Garden (1958) by Philippa Pearce? I can't find any reference to the clock having dolphins in that one, but otherwise it sounds fairly similar.

Edited to add: Nope, I got a look at it via Google Books and there are no dolphins. Here's another possibility:

http://pictures.abebooks.com/BOOKEDDY/864595516.jpg

It was identified as the answer to a query very similar to yours at Abebooks in 2007.

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