The midnight children
In the dead of night, a truck arrives in Slaughterville, a small town curiously named after its windowless slaughterhouse. Seven mysterious kids with suitcases step out of the vehicle and into an abandoned home on a dead-end street, looking over their shoulders to make sure they aren't noticed. But...
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| Format: | Books Print Book |
| Language: | English |
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New York :
Henry Holt and Company,
[2022]
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| Edition: | First edition. |
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| Summary: | In the dead of night, a truck arrives in Slaughterville, a small town curiously named after its windowless slaughterhouse. Seven mysterious kids with suitcases step out of the vehicle and into an abandoned home on a dead-end street, looking over their shoulders to make sure they aren't noticed. But Ravani Foster covertly witnesses their arrival from his bedroom window. Timid and lonely, Ravani is eager to learn everything he can about his new neighbors: What secrets are they hiding? And most mysterious of all...where are the adults? Yet amid this shadowy group of children, Ravani finds an unexpected friend in the warm and gutsy Virginia. But with this friendship comes secrets revealed-and danger. When Ravani learns of a threat to his new friends, he must fight to keep them safe, or lose the only person who has ever understood him. |
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| Physical Description: | 342 pages ; 22 cm |
| Audience: | Ages 8-12. Grades 4-6. |
| ISBN: | 9781250196729 1250196728 |
| Author Notes: | Dan Gemeinhart is a former elementary teacher-librarian and lifelong book nerd. He lives with his wife and three daughters in a small town in Washington state. He's the author of The Remarkable Journey of Coyote Sunrise , The Honest Truth, Some Kind of Courage, Scar Island, and Good Dog . If he ever meets you, he'd love to talk about books with you. |
