Free shipping on orders over $99
Twelve Minutes to Midnight

Twelve Minutes to Midnight

by Christopher Edge
Paperback
Age range: + years old Publication Date: 01/03/2015

Share This Book:

 

Penelope Tredwell is the feisty thirteen-year-old orphan heiress of Victorian Britain's bestselling magazine, the Penny Dreadful. Her spine-chilling tales--concealed under the pen name Montgomery Finch--are gripping the public. One day she receives a letter from the governor of the Bedlam madhouse requesting Finch's help to investigate the asylum's strange goings-on. Every night at precisely twelve minutes to midnight, the inmates all begin feverishly writing-incoherent ramblings that Penelope quickly realizes are frightening visions of the century to come. But what is causing this phenomenon? In the first book of this smart new series, Penelope is drawn into a thrilling mystery more terrifying than anything she could ever imagine!

ISBN:
9780807581391
9780807581391
Category:
Historical fiction (Children's / Teenage)
Age range:
+ years old
Format:
Paperback
Publication Date:
01-03-2015
Language:
English
Publisher:
Albert Whitman & Company
Country of origin:
United States
Dimensions (mm):
200.66x139.7x20.32mm
Weight:
0.24kg
Christopher Edge

Christopher Edge is an award-winning children's author whose books have been translated into more than twenty languages. Christopher grew up in Manchester where he spent most of his childhood in the local library, dreaming up stories.

After studying English at university, he worked in a record shop and as an English teacher before discovering a publishing job that allowed him to read lots of brilliant children's books. His novel The Many Worlds of Albie Bright won several children's book awards and was also nominated for the CILIP Carnegie Medal, as was The Jamie Drake Equation, which was also selected as one of the best new children's books of 2017 for Independent Bookshop Week.

The Infinite Lives of Maisie Day was chosen by The Times as their Children's Book of the Week, whilst his other books include the critically-acclaimed Twelve Minutes to Midnight series. Christopher now lives in Gloucestershire with his wife and two children and still spends most of his time in the local library, dreaming up stories.

Click 'Notify Me' to get an email alert when this item becomes available

Reviews

Be the first to review Twelve Minutes to Midnight.