Midnight

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Jacqueline Wilson

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Pages: 229 (Paperback)

ISBN: 0440865786

Pub: Corgi Childrens

Pub date: 2004-10-04

Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 36519

Editorial Review:

Jacqueline Wilson's magical talent for writing novels for children of all ages that can brighten, sadden and enlighten all at the same time is legendary. Midnight is a shining example of that gift and is an unforgettable story about friendship, adoration and sibling worship. Wilson's subjects are always close at heart, her characters lovably flawed, but her endings are reassuringly uplifting.
It is the arrival of the intoxicatingly popular Jasmine, the daughter of a famous actor, at Violet's school that has impacted most on her life of late. Forever in the spell of her controlling and mesmerising older brother Will, Violet needs something to change for her. Will has discovered a shocking secret about his past that is making his behaviour even more strange and dangerous. His dreaded games of Truth or Dare often leave Violet's nerves in tatters. Will is distant, but Jasmine seems genuinely interested in her and her love of fairies. They even both like Casper Dream--the author of several popular fairy novels.
But Violet can't keep Jasmine away from her house forever and when Will and Jasmine get together and apparently exclude Violet--she can think of only one person who can help her... so she sets off by herself to find her favourite author.

Wilson's characters are no doubt agonisingly created, but seem effortlessly real and engaging--no wonder they've been adored by over 10-million readers since she first began writing for taunted teens and younger readers. Midnight is perhaps a slightly more subtle novel than is usual, tackling lots of different, overlapping themes at once and even touching on her own life--as demonstrated by the influence of the writer in the story, Casper Dream. This is another winning read. (Recommended for ages 10 and over.) --John McLay

Reader Reviews:

When... (0/0 people found this helpful)

Will and Violet are left home and Will plays a game were he take her into the attic of the house next door and it has bats! Violet doesn't talk to him for ages. To make it up, Will helps her make a crow fairy for her collection of Casper Dream's fairies from his books. At school, Violet has no friends, except two girls whom she doesn't like, much as small as her until Jasmine comes and they become best friends. Violet goes to Jasmines house leaving her parents worried sick. Jasmine likes Violets fairies a lot and Violet makes Jasmine the jasmine fairy for her to keep. At the end, Jasmine comes round so Will can help her with her maths homework and they play the game that she played with Will except this time she goes into their attic. She finds an album pf her real baby brother called William. Soon, she leaves the attic and finds Jasmine and Will in Will's room talking about HER! They said that it was very babyish of her to play with fairies and she overheard them. Violet went into her own room and went out of control; she ripped all the fairies and ran away. She went to meet Casper Dream and she did! It was a dream came true! Casper Dream wrote a book about their strange meeting and Violet goes back home. She and Jasmine become best friends again and they still are!

Fantastic book (1/2 people found this helpful)

This book is one of the best books I've ever read of Jacqueline Wilson. Not that any of her books are bad or anything , just that its a great book!!
It's about this girl called Violet, one of her biggest wishes is to meet her fav. author Casper Dream , she has a stepbrother called Will who she used to play with alot but now he grumpy all the time and rarely plays with Violet.
But then Violet makes a friend called Jasmin and then unexpected things happen when one day Jasmin comes to Violet's house............
I hope this review will help you! My opinion is that this book rocks!

Great Book! (7/7 people found this helpful)

This is a great book. I loved reading it. I loved the words and the way it was written. I could read it over and over again and I would never get bored of it. In it there's a girl called Violet, who has hardly any friends, apart from two girls. They are only her friends because they fancy her older brother called Will. Then a new girl called Jasmine comes to school. They become best friends and have great times together until Jasmine comes over one day and they play Truth or Dare with Will. Jasmine and Will dare Violet to go and sit in the loft for ten minutes. When the timer goes off, she comes down and finds her best friend and her brother kissing in his room.
Terribly upset, she runs away to find someone to help her and make her wishes come true.

the book of 4 stars (3/4 people found this helpful)

the books of J. Wilson are very popular though i have no idia why? it's an easy-going story about a girl and her brother. The girl feels lonely and her best friends are elves from her favorite book. She reads about them all the time and the real world is not so good for her as her magic one. Once she got a friend but soon she had to know that her friend used her to meet with her brother. She found out it when saw them kissing and laughing about her. She is very upset, she run away but siddenly she discover an old family secret: her brother was aduped. When the truth is known her life is changing, she is getting closer to her brother, she finds new friends/
It's a simple short story without any deep sense, and maybe it cannot be read for little children cos there are too many not very beautiful views of life, for instant the part when the grand shows how she doent love the boy cos he is adupted.

Midnight Great! (3/5 people found this helpful)

I think Midnight is a great story,but I think it would have been better if it didn't say anything about Violet's brother Will being friends with Jasmine. However I still think its a great book and I think anyone who has a mean brother should read it or who can't handle her brother or sister. I like it especially because it reminds me of being single, at first I always complain being single but after I read this book I changed my mind and love being alone without anyone to bully me. Even though I know how Violet feels about Terry and Marnie I think she shouldn't have left them. It is important to have friends.

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