Twelve Minutes to Midnight: Volume 1 (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9780807581339)

Penelope Tredwell is the feisty thirteen-year-old orphan heiress of Victorian Britain's bestselling magazine, the Penny Dreadful. Her spine-chilling tales--concealed under the pen name Montgomery Finch--are gripping the public. One day she receives a letter from the governor of the Bedlam madhouse requesting Finch's help to investigate the asylum's strange goings-on. Every night at precisely twelve minutes to midnight, the inmates all begin feverishly writing-incoherent ramblings that Penelope quickly realizes are frightening visions of the century to come. But what is causing this phenomenon? In the first book of this smart new series, Penelope is drawn into a thrilling mystery more terrifying than anything she could ever imagine!

Author: Christopher Edge
ISBN-10: 080758133X
ISBN-13: 9780807581339
Publisher: Albert Whitman & Company
Language: English
Published: 03/01/2014
Pages: 256
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 0.85lbs
Size: 8.00h x 5.50w x 1.00d

Accelerated Reader:
Reading Level: 7.5
Point Value: 9
Interest Level: Middle Grade
Quiz #/Name: 171529 / Twelve Minutes to Midnight


Review Citation(s):
Kirkus Reviews 01/15/2014
Voice of Youth Advocates 02/01/2014 - Recommended - Readable
Booklist 02/15/2014 pg. 75
Bulletin of Ctr for Child Bks 04/01/2014
School Library Journal 08/01/2014 pg. 108
Hornbook Guide to Children 07/01/2014 pg. 72 - Recommended, Satisfactory