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Type of bind: Hardcover
EAN num: 9781590172902
ISBN number: 1590172906
Label: NYR Children's Collection
Manufacturer: NYR Children's Collection
Quantity: 1
Page Count: 304
Printing Date: October 14, 2008
Publishing house: NYR Children's Collection
Age index: Ages 9-12
Release Date: October 14, 2008
Sale Popularity Level: 24834
Studio: NYR Children's Collection
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The Midnight Folk introduces readers to Kay Harker, the orphaned boy who is also the hero of John Masefield’s classic Christmas fantasy, The Box of Delights. Kay lives in a vast old country house, and is looked after by an unpleasant duo: the oily and egregious Sir Theopompous and the petulant and punitive Sylvia Daisy Pouncer. In her zeal to educate Kay on the finer points of Latin grammar, Sylvia Daisy has even taken away all of Kay’s toys. Life seems very dull, until out of an old family portrait steps Kay’s great-grandfather, a sea captain, who, if legend is to be believed, made off with a fabulous treasure.
Soon Kay is engaged in a thrilling quest that begins each night as the clock strikes twelve, taking him into the enchanted and dangerous world of the Midnight Folk: pirates, highwaymen, talking animals, and a gang of witches led by none other than Sylvia Daisy (in cahoots, as in The Box of Delights, with the arch-villain Abner Brown). In the end, it is that ragtag team of old toys that rallies to support Kay and save the day.
A book to set beside C.S. Lewis’s Narnia tales and Joan Aiken’s Wolves of Willoughby Chase—not to mention the Harry Potter series—The Midnight Folk is a wonderful and enthralling contribution to the great English tradition of children’s literature, beloved by adults and children alike.
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This book had been out of print for a long time, and the used copies were very expensive! It is the perfect companion to his other story "Box of Delights". Perfect for anyone who loves fantasy---made me feel like a child again! it was great fun to go with Kay on his adventures. I found that the author has the ability to cause us suspend "disbelief". Now I want more!
Shirley Wardzinski in Indiana
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Endlessly inventive, funny, scary, and heartwarming -- The Midnight Folk is a children's book for the ages. I very first discovered it in England, where it's a classic nearly as famous as Alice in Wonderland. I can't fathom why it's less well known in the U.S. Kay Harker lives in a wonderfully funny and spooky old house, where the chess pieces play themselves at night and there are secret corridors behind the walls, where the witches (his governess and her gang) look out from the eyes of the portraits. The scene near the end where all Kay's toys come to his aid in the grand battle is just thrilling. I'm so glad this book has been reissued -- for many years it's been available only in a condensed edition that leaves out lots of the good stuff. This is one adults will enjoy as well as kids.
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