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The Midnight Hour trilogy
Middle Grade Story: Trindles & Read Words: Read Interior illustrations: Trindles Cover illustration: Hannah Peck Published by Chicken House
The Midnight Hour
Book 1 in the Midnight Hour series
Emily's parents have vanished into the secret world of the Midnight Hour - a Victorian London frozen in time - home to magic and monsters. She 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.
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The Midnight Howl
Book 2 in the Midnight Hour series
Emily must investigate why magic is leaking from the secret world of the Midnight Hour. But with a terrifying haunting stalking her across Victorian London, and her shape-shifting relatives up to no good, Emily will need all the help she can get. Luckily, she has her friends - Inspector-in-training Tarkus, and Hoggins the pocket hedgehog.
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The Midnight Hunt
Book 3 in the Midnight Hour series
Emily is locked out of the Midnight Hour and things have grown dangerously dark in Victorian London. Her friends and family are on the run from the terrifying Midnight Hunt, while the foul Make Britain Dark Again party schemes to break the spell that keeps both worlds safe.
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COMICS
NIGHT POST
A wordless comic for all ages
Night Post is the story of the other mail service; the one you haven’t heard of, the one that starts work at midnight and delivers to all the creatures of the night. Whether ghost or ghoul, witch or werewolf, or just downright odd things with tentacles, they all have post and someone has to deliver it, no matter how terrifying it might be to do so.
Story: Read
Illustrations: Trindles
Published by Improper Books
REVIEWS
The Midnight Hour
THE GUARDIAN
Anarchic humour, rich imagination and poetic writing, interspersed with elegant line drawings, add up to pure delight.
“. . . laugh-out-loud funny . . . great fun.”
THE SCOTSMAN
A vivid world full of intriguing creatures and monsters, along with a story bursting with humour, suspense and mystery - a sensational read.
“. . . creates a parallel world that feels tangible and delightful, the prose is well crafted, at points breathtaking, and it’s full of fun. Fans of Pratchett’s Disc World, Lewis’s Narnia, and Rowling’s Harry Potter, read on!”
THE BOOKSELLER
Fans of NEVERMORE will love this quirky debut, fizzing with humour, scares and vivid world-building.
“A gripping and genuinely menacing narrative.”
THE NATIONAL LITERACY TRUST
The Midnight Hour. . . is definitely one to look out for with a very feisty heroine, madcap adventure, brilliant world-building and a whole host of creepy creatures.
Midnight Around the World
The Midnight Hour books are lucky enough to be published in lots of different languages. Here are some of the amazing different cover designs!
Rights sold: Australia, Bulgaria, Canada, China, Czech Republic, France, Germany, Holland, Hungary, Iran, Israel, Italy, Korea, New Zealand, Poland, Romania, Russia, Spain, Sweden, USA. For translation rights enquiries, please contact Elinor Bagenal Elinor@chickenhousebooks.com
