The world that Westerfeld creates is sometimes marvelous, sometimes terrifying, but is utterly unique and well established. The book is captivating as readers seek to unravel the mysteries of this secret hour along with the characters who are trying to make sense of their world. What they discover spells Jessica’s salvation and the doom of any monsters who cross her path. In order to protect herself, and to understand the unusual behavior of the midnight hour monsters, the Midnighters seek to find Jessica’s place in the secret hour. She starts waking up at exactly midnight to a frozen blue world that belongs to her and four other teens, plus a horde of ancient monsters that seem to have it out for her. At first, Jessica is mainly concerned with fitting into her new high school – not sticking out, making friends, but soon she discovers that Bixby’s different. 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.Jessica Day has just moved from Chicago to the small town of Bixby, Oklahoma. 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. For years the Midnighters and the dark creatures have shared the secret hour, uneasily avoiding one another. 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. 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.
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