The Secret Hour

scott westerfeld

Strange things happen at midnight in the town of Bixby, Oklahoma. Time freezes. Nobody moves except dark creatures that haunt the shadows and the few people who are free to move at midnight, Midnighters. Their different powers strongest at midnight are: Seer, Mindcaster, Acrobat, Polymath. All changes when Jessica Day comes to Bixby High with a hidden power.

Genres young adultfantasyparanormalscience fictionfictionurban fantasysupernaturalteenmagicadventure

297 pages, Paperback

First published March 2,2004

Series

Midnighters

Literary awards

aurealis award,

Places

bixby oklahoma, oklahoma,

This edition

Format: 297 pages, Paperback
Published: January 2, 2008 by HarperCollins
ISBN: 9780060519537
ASIN: 0060519533
Language: English

Characters More characters

Jessica Day

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Rex Greene

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Jonathan Martinez

Jonathan Martinez is one of the midnighters in the small town of Bixby, Oklahoma. His power is acrobatics. During the midnight hour he is weightless and can fly. He is in a relationship with Jessica Day....
Melissa Blake

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Desdêmona

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About the author

scott westerfeld

Scott Westerfeld is a New York Times bestselling author of YA. He is best known for the Uglies and Leviathan series. His current series, IMPOSTORS, returns to the world of Uglies.

The next book in that series, MIRROR'S EDGE, comes out April 6, 2021.