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'Kept me reading way past midnight!' Garth Nix 'Fast-paced and spooky - a good read for the dark hours' Ursula K. Le Guin 'Intriguing and provocative. The sequels will be worth waiting for.' Locus
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They're the Midnighters. By day, they're teenage outsiders, dressed in black coats and bad attitudes. By night, they just might be our last hope. . .
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10 of 10 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
I work in a library and a girl came in asking for this book, after searching for a while on the shelf, and her telling me she really wanted it to read because she had been told it was amazing, we found it, but it made me curious to find out what all the fuss was about and i wasn't disappointed.
The story has a really good plot line and keeps you hooked throughout, the idea of a secret hour in the day when time freezes and only those born at midnight can see it is an excellent idea and works really well, you can really connect with the characters and feel your heart racing for them at points in the story where things get a bit hairy!
Scott Westerfeld has created a terrific series and after reading this one, you will be begging for more, which you can get from teh other two in the series, 'Touching Darkness' and 'Blue Noon'.
I highly recommend these books, they are truly grippping reads that will grab you and maintain the magic no matter how many times you read them.
so go on, try it!!
The story has a really good plot line and keeps you hooked throughout, the idea of a secret hour in the day when time freezes and only those born at midnight can see it is an excellent idea and works really well, you can really connect with the characters and feel your heart racing for them at points in the story where things get a bit hairy!
Scott Westerfeld has created a terrific series and after reading this one, you will be begging for more, which you can get from teh other two in the series, 'Touching Darkness' and 'Blue Noon'.
I highly recommend these books, they are truly grippping reads that will grab you and maintain the magic no matter how many times you read them.
so go on, try it!!
2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
Format:Hardcover
Jessica Day has just moved to Bixby, Oklahoma from Chicago with her family. Still trying to find her niche in the local highschool, she's noticed by a group of students who are very different from your average teens. Not to mention that her dreams at night are becoming very, very vivid--such as the fact that for one hour at midnight, time seems to literally stand still.
Such is the life of the Midnighters, a group of teens who were born at midnight and have the ability to see the "blue time", the twenty-fifth hour of the day where time stands still for everyone else. Each of the group has a special power, both in and out of the blue time--Rex is a Seer, Dess is a Polymath, Melissa is a Mindcaster, and Jonathan is an Acrobat.
Jess is, of course, skeptical at first that time is actually standing still, and that her new rag-tag group of friends has special powers. But soon unmistakeable proof arises that the arrival of Jessica Day in Bixby is causing change--the creatures of the blue time are becoming dangerous and seem to want her dead.
Jess needs to find out her own special power before something bad happens to the town and it's midnight inhabitants. As the group struggle to keep the night creatures away, it's up to Jess to discover which power she possesses that's making everyone so nervous.
I LOVED this book! A totally original concept, Scott Westerfeld has created a series with truly interesting characters and crystal-clear visualization. I can't wait to read the next book in the series, to see where the Midnighters go from here.
Definitely a recommended read!
Reviewed by: Jennifer Wardrip, aka "The Genius"
Such is the life of the Midnighters, a group of teens who were born at midnight and have the ability to see the "blue time", the twenty-fifth hour of the day where time stands still for everyone else. Each of the group has a special power, both in and out of the blue time--Rex is a Seer, Dess is a Polymath, Melissa is a Mindcaster, and Jonathan is an Acrobat.
Jess is, of course, skeptical at first that time is actually standing still, and that her new rag-tag group of friends has special powers. But soon unmistakeable proof arises that the arrival of Jessica Day in Bixby is causing change--the creatures of the blue time are becoming dangerous and seem to want her dead.
Jess needs to find out her own special power before something bad happens to the town and it's midnight inhabitants. As the group struggle to keep the night creatures away, it's up to Jess to discover which power she possesses that's making everyone so nervous.
I LOVED this book! A totally original concept, Scott Westerfeld has created a series with truly interesting characters and crystal-clear visualization. I can't wait to read the next book in the series, to see where the Midnighters go from here.
Definitely a recommended read!
Reviewed by: Jennifer Wardrip, aka "The Genius"
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
I discovered this book by accident, but I fell in love imediatly and wanted more! And thank God there were 2 more books!
I love the first one, this one, grips you from the beginning and never let's you go... If you lose concentration, you may not make it alive (which is more about heroes, not reader:))
Girl moves to small town where she is drown to strange crowd of goth looking teenagers, but not all as it seems, they are the good ones and trying to survive in the midnight blue hour when ancient things go bump and no technology works is a harsh reality of this odd group of outsiders, because they are the only ones moving in blue hour...
This book is amazing, just like the rest of trilogy!
I love the first one, this one, grips you from the beginning and never let's you go... If you lose concentration, you may not make it alive (which is more about heroes, not reader:))
Girl moves to small town where she is drown to strange crowd of goth looking teenagers, but not all as it seems, they are the good ones and trying to survive in the midnight blue hour when ancient things go bump and no technology works is a harsh reality of this odd group of outsiders, because they are the only ones moving in blue hour...
This book is amazing, just like the rest of trilogy!
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Really good read
Having read & loved another series of books by Scott Westerfeld (Uglies Series, check it out if you haven't read it!), I decided to see what else he had written. Read more
Published 1 month ago by Stephy
Compelling story even if it has a lot of snakes
Written in 3rd person narrative but mainly focalized from Jessica's point of view. She is 15/16 and just moved to a new town due to her mums job. This isn't just any town. Read more
Published 18 months ago by Book Angel Emma
Im not sure what to make of this book
I like the whole premise of the 25th hour, I wouldn't have thought of it and I kinda wish I had, so there. Scott Westerfeld wins right there. Now. Read more
Published 20 months ago by Rebecca
fab start to a series
I really enjoyed this book.
The whole story was set up around a group of midnighters - people born at the stroke of midnight who get to experience the 25th hour of the... Read more
The whole story was set up around a group of midnighters - people born at the stroke of midnight who get to experience the 25th hour of the... Read more
Published 22 months ago by Kirsty at the Overflowing Library
Cracking Young Adult Series
Whilst this offering has been about for a bit, Atom have repacked this classic Young Adult offering and not only done a bang up job of it but made sure that the next generation of... Read more
Published 22 months ago by Gareth Wilson - Falcata Times Blog
A real page turner
Moving to Bixby, Oklahoma makes Jessica feel like an outsider. Then, after a series of what she assumes to be bad dreams, she finds out just how unusual she really is. Read more
Published on 7 Mar 2010 by Tasha
Awesome.
Strange things happen at midnight in the town of Bixby, Oklahoma. Time freezes. Nobody moves. For one secret hour each night, the town belongs to the dark creatures that haunt the... Read more
Published on 18 Dec 2009 by The Book Bug
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