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The Midnight Charter
Contributor(s): Whitley, David (Author)

ISBN: 0312629044 ISBN-13: 9780312629045
Publisher: St. Martin's Press

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Binding Type: Paperback - See All Available Formats & Editions
Published: September 2010
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Additional Information

BISAC Categories:
- Juvenile Fiction | Fantasy & Magic
- Juvenile Fiction | Action & Adventure - General
- Juvenile Fiction | Dystopian

Dewey: FIC

Age Level: 11-14

Grade Level: 6-9

Lexile Measure: 790(Not Available)

Series: Agora Trilogy (Paperback (Square Fish)

Physical Information: 0.9" H x 6.54" W x 7.64" L (0.61 lbs) 352 pages

Themes:
- Topical - Adolescence/Coming of Age

Features: Ikids, Price on Product, Table of Contents

Accelerated Reader Info

Quiz #: 134545
Reading Level: 5.7 Interest Level: Middle Grades Point Value: 14.0

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Publisher Description:

In this spellbinding fantasy novel, newcomer David Whitley has imagined a nation at a crossroads: misshaped by materialism and facing a choice about its future. He has brought to life two children who will test the nation's values-and crafted a spellbinding adventure story that will keep readers turning the pages until the very end.

In a society based on trade, where everything can be bought and sold, the future rests on the secrets of a single document-and the lives of two children whose destiny it is to discover its secrets.

THE MIDNIGHT CHARTER combines great storytelling with a compelling vision - a many layered adventure with powerful and timely implications.

Contributor Bio(s): Whitley, David: - David Whitley was born in Chester in 1984 and graduated from the University of Oxford with a double First in English Literature and a passion for writing Children's fiction. At age 17 his first children's novel was shortlisted for the Kathleen Fidler Award and at 20 he won the Cheshire Prize for Literature for a children's short story, the youngest writer ever to win this prestigious award. Presented by Children's Laureate Michael Morpurgo, who said some very complimentary words, the award was sponsored by Maryland Bank of North America and the £2000 prize helped David to spend a postgraduate year writing The Midnight Charter. Whilst his first and overriding aim is to write fiction, David is also a scholar, particularly interested in the works of Jonathan Swift and his contemporaries; he had just received an offer of a place at Oxford to study for a Master's Degree when his book was picked up by Puffin and Roaring Brook Press. Although David's primary medium is the written word, he is no stranger to performance. As well as straight acting, he is an in-demand bass-baritone having taken several leading roles in musical theatre. David's numerous 'serious' music credits include Masetto in Mozart's Don Giovanni for Carte Blanche Opera and concert performances of Tosca, Tannhauser and Peter Grimes under the baton of the late Richard Hickox, musical director of Opera Australia. As well as appearing on stage himself, he has also enjoyed directing youth drama. In his home town he has worked with The King's Players to direct and produce two musicals and a play between 2006 and 2009, including Sondheim's Assassins and Into the Woods. David loves giving readings of his stories, to audiences of all ages.

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