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The Mirk and Midnight Hour

By Jane Nickerson

By Jane Nickerson

By Jane Nickerson

By Jane Nickerson

By Jane Nickerson
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Mar 11, 2014 | ISBN 9780385752862 | Young Adult

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    About The Mirk and Midnight Hour

    A Gothic thriller and captivating love story set in Civil War Mississippi
     
    Seventeen-year-old Violet Dancey has been left at home in Mississippi with a laudanum-addicted stepmother and love-crazed stepsister while her father fights in the war—a war that has already claimed her twin brother. When she comes across a severely injured Union soldier lying in an abandoned lodge deep in the woods, things begin to change. Thomas is the enemy—one of the men who might have killed her own brother—and yet she’s drawn to him. But Violet isn’t Thomas’s only visitor. Someone has been tending to his wounds—keeping him alive—and it becomes chillingly clear that this care hasn’t been out of compassion. Against the dangers of war and threatening powers of voodoo, Violet fights to protect her home, her family, and the man she’s begun to love.
     
    “An exciting story—juicy, romantic and at times quite chilling.” —BookPage
     
    “An atmospheric story in which darkness houses mysteries, [with] rich imagery and imaginative subplots.” —Kirkus Reviews
     
    “Compelling. . . . There’s a languid ease to the prose that invites readers to become fully immersed.” —The Bulletin

    About The Mirk and Midnight Hour

    A Gothic thriller and captivating love story set in Civil War Mississippi
     
    Seventeen-year-old Violet Dancey has been left at home in Mississippi with a laudanum-addicted stepmother and love-crazed stepsister while her father fights in the war—a war that has already claimed her twin brother. When she comes across a severely injured Union soldier lying in an abandoned lodge deep in the woods, things begin to change. Thomas is the enemy—one of the men who might have killed her own brother—and yet she’s drawn to him. But Violet isn’t Thomas’s only visitor. Someone has been tending to his wounds—keeping him alive—and it becomes chillingly clear that this care hasn’t been out of compassion. Against the dangers of war and threatening powers of voodoo, Violet fights to protect her home, her family, and the man she’s begun to love.
     
    “An exciting story—juicy, romantic and at times quite chilling.” —BookPage
     
    “An atmospheric story in which darkness houses mysteries, [with] rich imagery and imaginative subplots.” —Kirkus Reviews
     
    “Compelling. . . . There’s a languid ease to the prose that invites readers to become fully immersed.” —The Bulletin

    About The Mirk and Midnight Hour

    A Gothic thriller and captivating love story set in Civil War Mississippi
     
    Seventeen-year-old Violet Dancey has been left at home in Mississippi with a laudanum-addicted stepmother and love-crazed stepsister while her father fights in the war—a war that has already claimed her twin brother. When she comes across a severely injured Union soldier lying in an abandoned lodge deep in the woods, things begin to change. Thomas is the enemy—one of the men who might have killed her own brother—and yet she’s drawn to him. But Violet isn’t Thomas’s only visitor. Someone has been tending to his wounds—keeping him alive—and it becomes chillingly clear that this care hasn’t been out of compassion. Against the dangers of war and threatening powers of voodoo, Violet fights to protect her home, her family, and the man she’s begun to love.
     
    “An exciting story—juicy, romantic and at times quite chilling.” —BookPage
     
    “An atmospheric story in which darkness houses mysteries, [with] rich imagery and imaginative subplots.” —Kirkus Reviews
     
    “Compelling. . . . There’s a languid ease to the prose that invites readers to become fully immersed.” —The Bulletin

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    About Jane Nickerson

    For many years, JANE NICKERSON and her family lived in a big old house in Aberdeen, Mississippi, where she worked as the children’s librarian at the local public library. She has always loved the South, “the olden days,” Gothic tales,… More about Jane Nickerson

    About Jane Nickerson

    For many years, JANE NICKERSON and her family lived in a big old house in Aberdeen, Mississippi, where she worked as the children’s librarian at the local public library. She has always loved the South, “the olden days,” Gothic tales,… More about Jane Nickerson

    About Jane Nickerson

    For many years, JANE NICKERSON and her family lived in a big old house in Aberdeen, Mississippi, where she worked as the children’s librarian at the local public library. She has always loved the South, “the olden days,” Gothic tales,… More about Jane Nickerson

    Product Details

    Category: Teen & Young Adult Fiction | Teen & Young Adult Romance | Teen & Young Adult Mystery & Suspense | Teen & Young Adult Historical Fiction

    Hardcover | $16.99
    Published by Knopf Books for Young Readers
    Mar 11, 2014 | 384 Pages | 5-1/2 x 8-1/4 | Young Adult | ISBN 9780385752862

    Category: Teen & Young Adult Fiction | Teen & Young Adult Romance | Teen & Young Adult Mystery & Suspense | Teen & Young Adult Historical Fiction

    Ebook | $9.99
    Published by Knopf Books for Young Readers
    Mar 11, 2014 | 384 Pages | Young Adult | ISBN 9780385752893

    Category: Teen & Young Adult Fiction | Teen & Young Adult Romance | Teen & Young Adult Mystery & Suspense | Teen & Young Adult Historical Fiction | Audiobooks

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    Mar 11, 2014 | 736 Minutes | Young Adult | ISBN 9780804167192

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    Praise

    Bulletin of the Center for Children’s Books, February 2014:
    “There’s a languid ease to the prose that invites readers to become fully immersed in the sweltering heat of a Mississippi summer, and Nickerson paints a picture of the Southern landscape that is rustic but ethereal and at times, eerie.”

    Publishers Weekly, January 13, 2014:
    “Tomboyish Violet’s interactions with Seeley and the Union soldier are charming.”

    Kirkus Reviews, February 1, 2014:
    “Far from the typical Civil War romance…[w]ith rich imagery and imaginative subplots driving the storyline.”

    BookPage:
    “An exciting story—juicy, romantic and at times quite chilling.”

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