and they're determined to stop her beforeshe can use it.Ī story of courage, shadowy perils, and unexpected destiny, the secret hour is the first volume of the mesmerizing Midnighters trilogy by acclaimed author Scott Westerfeld. But it soon becomes clear that the dark creatures sense a hidden power in Jessica. Jessica Day is not an outsider like the other Midnighters. All that changes when the new girl with an unmistakablemidnight aura appears at Bixby High School. Dark things haunt this midnight hour dark things with a mysterious interest in Jessica. For years the Midnighters and the dark creatures have shared the secret hour, uneasily avoiding one another. E-Book Overview A few nights after Jessica Day arrives in Bixby, Oklahoma, she wakes up at midnight to find the entire world frozen, except for her and a few others who call themselves 'midnighters'. Each one has a different power that is strongest at midnight: Seer, Mindcaster, Acrobat, Polymath. These people call themselves Midnighters. Only a small group of people know about the secret hour - only they are free to move about the midnight time. (Mar.Strange things happen at midnight in the town of Bixby, Oklahoma.įor one secret hour each night, the town belongs to the dark creatures that haunt the shadows. Strange things happen at midnight in the town of Bixby, Oklahoma. A devilishly unraveled loose end on the last page will ensure an audience for the next installment. The story moves quickly, and the structure is satisfying-the author answers all the questions he highlights in this initial volume while leaving room for the plot to develop in the sequels.

This lost hour has its own breed of predators ('darklings') who don't exist at any other time and who are terrified of stainless steel and 13-letter words but ever since Jessica arrived in town, darkling activity has been on the rise.

Jessica Day has moved to the odd town of Bixby, Okla., where the water tastes odd and, she is told, 'gives you funny dreams.' The misfits at school, Dess, Rex and Melissa, see a kindred spirit in Jessica: like them, she was born at nearly the exact stroke of midnight, giving her the ability to experience the 25th hour of each day, which is 'rolled up too tight' for the rest of humanity even to notice. ) begins this inventive contemporary fantasy-first in a planned trilogy-as a new-kid-in-high-school story he quickly introduces a few surreal bits and then begins revealing his secrets in careful increments.

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