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The five teenage Midnighters of Bixby, Oklahoma, thought they understood the secret midnight hour—until one morning when time freezes in the middle of the day . The noise of school stops. Cheerleaders are frozen in midair. Everything is the haunted blue color of the midnight hour. As... read more

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  • “Jessica sighed. She didn't know which was freakier, the complete rupture of time itself or Rex acting like he didn't know everything.”
    Jessica Day
  • “She watched the four of them walk away, chewing her lip and cursing her parents' calendar logic. Didn't they know she had more important things to do than be grounded these days.”
    Jessica Day
  • “Standing there with the dark moon overhead, it made perfect sense that time had been halted, the darklings decreeing that Jessica Day would remain grounded forever. That's what she got for being born the flame-bringer.”
    Jessica Day
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  • “In general, Jonathan, storm fronts don’t have minds. So I have no idea.”
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First Sentence edit see section history

Bixby High's late bell shrieked in the distance, like something wounded and ready to be cut from the herd.

Table of Contents edit see section history

1. Predator
2. Pep Rally
3. Blue Monday
4. Majorette
5. Dregs
6. Speed Bump
7. Prey
8. Nightmare Interrupted
9. Miss Trust
10. Memory Fix
11. Goodbye, Bixby
12. Lunch Meat
13. Brilliant Plan
14. Change of Plan
15. Out of Gas
16. Flying Lesson
17. The Old Ones
18. Monster
19. Spaghetti Situation
20. Mindcasters
21. Samhain
22. Fireworks
23. Slumber Party
24. Trick or Treat
25. Rain
26. Bomb
27. In the Rip
28. Flyboy, Fly
29. Beth
30. Bonfire
31. Lightning
32. Epilogue

Series & Lists edit see section history

This is book 3 of 3 in Midnighters. (standard series)

Preceded by Touching Darkness.

Authors & Contributors edit see section history

  1. Scott Westerfeld (Author)

First Edition edit see section history

Original Language: English
Publisher: Eos/Harper Collins
Country: USA
Publication Date: January 1, 2005
ISBN: 9780060519575
Page Count: 384

Books with Additional Background Information edit see section history

   
  • The Secret Hour
  • Touching Darkness

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