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From Dan Gemeinhart the acclaimed author of The Remarkable Journey of Coyote Sunrise comes an extraordinary story about a family of runaways who take up residence in a small town and the outcast boy who finds his voice and his peopleperfect for fans of Katherine Applegate and Kate DiCamillo

In the dead of night a truck arrives in Slaughterville a small town curiously named after its windowless slaughterhouse Seven mysterious kids with suitcases step out of the vehicle and into an abandoned home on a deadend street looking over their shoulders to make sure they arent noticed

But Ravani Foster covertly witnesses their arrival from his bedroom window Timid and lonely Ravani is eager to learn everything he can about his new neighbors What secrets are they hiding And most mysterious of allwhere are the adults

Yet amid this shadowy group of children Ravani finds an unexpected friend in the warm and gutsy Virginia But with this friendship comes secrets revealedand danger When Ravani learns of a threat to his new friends he must fight to keep them safe or lose the only person who has ever understood him

Full of wonder friendship and mystery The Midnight Children explores the meaning of home what makes a family and what it takes to find the courage to believe in yourself

A Macmillan Audio production from Henry Holt amp Company Books for Young Readers