The Midnight Hour
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5.0 • 1 Rating
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- £4.49
Publisher Description
'Fans of will love this quirky debut, fizzing with humour, scares and vivid world-building.' THE BOOKSELLER
Emily's parents have vanished into the secret world of the Midnight Hour - a Victorian London frozen in time - home to magic and monsters. Emily must find them in the city of the Night Folk, armed only with a packed lunch, a stowaway hedgehog and her infamously big mouth.
With bloodthirsty creatures on her tail, Emily has to discover the truth to rescue her parents. What family secret connects her to the Midnight Hour? And can she save both worlds before she runs out of sandwiches?
PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
When her mother disappears, followed by her father, quick-tempered Emily Featherhaugh seeks to find them in Read and Trinder's fun fantasy set in an adjacent London. She sets out for the Night Post and her dad's place of employment, armed with her mom's helpful sayings ("Never be knowingly under-snacked"); a necklace that her mother has always worn; oddments marked "Just in Case" from her father's desk; and her hedgehog, Hog. Though pursued through dark streets by an anthropomorphic bear, she arrives safely, using her father's magical key to enter the Night Post, arriving into a magical 1859 London called the Midnight Hour, inhabited by creatures driven from the world by human progress, where "it is always pitch dark, always full moon, and always, always midnight." Read and Trinder imagine a wonderfully spooky alternate world populated with creatures from legend and nightmare: as she works to rescue her parents, Emily is menaced by a vampire, rescued by a rare Pooka, and assisted by The Library (aka Language), a constantly quoting Older Power whose sisters are Art and Music. The authors create a determined heroine whose weaknesses are crucial to her quest's success, and a satisfying balance of fright and fancy. Ages 8 12.
