The Children’s Book Review | May 11, 2015
Age Range: 14 and up
Hardcover: 386 pages
About the Book
The Girl at Midnight
Written by Melissa Grey
Publisher’s Synopsis: Beneath the streets of New York City live the Avicen, an ancient race of people with feathers for hair and magic running through their veins. Age-old enchantments keep them hidden from humans. All humans but one. Echo is a runaway pickpocket who survives by selling stolen treasures on the black market, and the Avicen are the only family she’s ever known. When a centuries-old war crests on the borders of her home, Echo must help the people who have aided and cared for her.
Legend has it that there is a way to end the conflict once and for all: find the firebird, a mythical entity believed to possess power the likes of which the world has never seen. It will be no easy task, but if life as a thief has taught Echo anything, it’s how to hunt down what she wants . . . and how to take it. But some jobs aren’t as straightforward as they
seem. And this one might just set the world on fire.
A fast-paced, accessible adventure that crosses the globe while introducing an altogether unique legend of two races at war right beneath our noses, THE GIRL AT MIDNIGHT will enchant readers.
Ages 14 and up | Publisher: Delacorte Press | 2015 | ISBN-13: 978-0385744652
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About Melissa Grey
Melissa Grey was born and raised in New York City. She wrote her first short story at the age of twelve and hasn’t stopped writing since. After earning a degree in fine arts at Yale University, she traveled the world, then returned to New York City where she currently works as a freelance journalist.