By Midnight: A Ravenwood Mystery
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| ISBN-13 |
9780575095526 |
| ISBN-10 |
0575095520 |
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| Stock |
Available |
| Status |
Indent title (internationally sourced), usually ships 4-6 weeks |
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| Publisher |
Orion Publishing |
| Imprint |
Gollancz |
| Publication Date |
1 August 2010
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| International Publication Date |
7 July 2010 |
| Publication Country |
 United Kingdom |
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| Format |
Hardback |
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| Author(s) |
By James, Mia |
| Category |
Fantasy & Magical Realism
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| Interest Age |
12-15 years |
| Reading Age |
12-15 years |
| NBS Text |
Young Adult Fiction |
| ONIX Text |
Young adult |
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| Number of Pages |
448 |
| Dimensions |
Width: 135mm
Height: 216mm
Spine: 37mm |
| Weight |
594g |
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| Dewey Code |
823.92 |
| Catalogue Code |
Not specified |
Description of this Book
April Dunne is not impressed. She's had to move from Edinburgh to Highgate, London, with her parents. She's left her friends - and her life - behind. She has to start at a new school and, worst of all, now she's stuck in a creepy old dump of a house which doesn't even have mobile phone reception. Ravenwood, the new school, is a prestigious academy for gifted pupils, run by a mysterious educational trust. With her sports scholarship, the fees aren't a problem ...but trying to fit in is when the rest of the students seem to be more glamorous, smarter, or more talented than she is. It's intimidating and isolating, even when she finds a friend in the conspiracy-theorist Caro Jackson - and perhaps finds something more than friendship in the gorgeous Gabriel Swift. But there's more going on at Ravenhood than meets the eye. Practical jokes on new students are normal, but when Gabriel saves her from ...something ...at the Highgate Cemetary, and rumours of students going missing start to circulate, April has to wonder if something more sinister is going on...and whether or not she's going to live through it ...
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Awards & Reviews
| NZ Review |
Forget about Edward and Bella, Gabriel and April are the top couple now. By Midnight has everything a good book should have: mystery, romance, anger and fear. It's an emotional roller-coaster. Its plot is very different and I didn't see it coming, it's very hard to predict. If you love vampires and mystery then this is the book for you CHICKLISH Welcome to a stunning debut and a rollercoaster emotional ride of anger, mystery, fear and romance. This is a spooky, London-based debut Young Adult novel that cleverly intertwines Highgate cemetery, still haunted from sightings of vampires back in the 1960s and Ravenwood, an exclusive Highgate School where vampires just might lurk in the shadows. It's a must-read vampire story that puts the world of Edward and Bella in the shade! LOVEREADING The most perfect part of By Midnight for me was that it encapsulates the whole confusion of being a teenager. The whole book is dripping in Gothic horror; from the architecture to the parties. Even the autumnal weather gives the By Midnight a kind of shadowy, murky glamour. The pace of By Midnight is perfect too, just the right amount of action and reflection and April is instantly likeable and relatable. MY FAVOURITE BOOKS |
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Author's Bio
Mia James is an up-and-coming new commercial writer. This is her debut novel. More on the Ravenwood series can be found at www.ravenwoodmysteries.com
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