David Walliams takes a setting that is synonymous with fear—the hospital—and turns it into a playground. He takes the clock’s most ominous hour—midnight—and turns it into the hour of hope.
“Rest is for daytime,” Tom said, pulling back the blanket. “The night is for adventures.” The Midnight Gang
The story begins with a boy named . Tom has dreamed all his life of becoming a famous cricketer. However, a devastating blow to the head during a match (courtesy of a poorly aimed cricket ball) lands him in the intimidating and slightly crumbling Lord Funt Hospital . He is placed on the children’s ward, a dreary place ruled with an iron fist by the terrifying Nasty Nurse (whose real name is Sister Swine—a moniker that suits her perfectly). David Walliams takes a setting that is synonymous