  | Midnight hour Author: Read, Benjamin | |
| Price: $6.50 | ||
Summary:
Emily's parents disappear and Emily must investigate the secret world of the Midnight Hour--a Victorian London frozen in time, full of magic and monsters.
| Added Entry - Personal Name: | Trinder, Laura |
| Accelerated Reader Information: Interest Level: MG Reading Level: 5.30 Points: 9.0 Quiz: 510097 |
Reviews:
Kirkus Reviews (11/15/19)
School Library Journal (02/01/20)
Booklist (02/15/20)
The Bulletin of the Center for Children's Books (A) (00/03/20)
Full Text Reviews:
School Library Journal - 02/01/2020 Gr 3–7—Eleven-year-old Emily's quirky, artsy, garbage-diving mother is the bane of her existence. She's so embarrassing! And Emily's dad is just plain boring; all he does is garden and deliver the mail. Then Emily's mom goes on a mysterious errand one night and disappears altogether. And then, her dad disappears too! When Emily goes in search of them, she finds herself in a completely new world. The Midnight Hour was stopped during London's Victorian era and all of the world's magic was held there. Is it in captivity? Or is it for safe-keeping? While Emily goes on the adventure of her lifetime, she meets an eccentric cast of characters who help (and hinder) her along the way. Emily's coming-of-age story will appeal to a broad spectrum of readers, and fantasy lovers will delight in the superb setting. VERDICT A fast-paced, amusing and endearing tale with a satisfying conclusion. Fun for fans of kooky magical adventure series like Jessica Townsend's "Nevermoor."—Terry Ann Lawler, Burton Barr Library, Phoenix - Copyright 2020 Publishers Weekly, Library Journal and/or School Library Journal used with permission.
Booklist - 02/15/2020 Meet Emily, the human firework with the family gob, or a mouth that doesn't stop when she gets going. She is opinionated, has no filter, and has no patience for niceties when she wants answers to her questions. In other words, she is exactly the person you'd want to travel with to a magical world if your life depended on it. When first her eccentric artist mother and then her quiet, boring postal-worker father disappear after strange letters come to the house, Emily sets off with a pocket full of sandwiches and a hedgehog to try to find them. What she finds is the Midnight Hour, a world frozen between the chimes of midnight, where a powerful creature wants Emily's mother to get her back to the Day Realm. Emily combines her feisty character and her clever mind to defeat Nocturne—for now. She also finds out some surprising news about her parents and herself. The fast-paced plot, the delightfully depicted characters, and the lively humor combine into a wild literary ride. - Copyright 2020 Booklist.
