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Violence
Some
Supernatural danger from darklings during the secret hour
Language
Barely any
Mild language appropriate for YA
Sexual Content
None
No sexual content
Substance Use
None
No substance use
Emotional Intensity
Some
The psychological experience of a secret world that only you and a few others can access — and the monsters that inhabit it — creates appropriate tension
What this book is about
Scott Westerfeld's first Midnighters novel introduces Bixby, Oklahoma, and the concept of the secret hour: a twenty-fifth hour each night when time stops for everyone except a small group of teenagers called Midnighters. During this hour, ancient creatures called darklings emerge to hunt. The world-building is inventive and the premise is original. Westerfeld's clean YA style makes this accessible and appropriate for the audience it targets.
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Supernatural creatures that hunt humans
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