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The Midnight Charter Audiobook
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In this spellbinding fantasy novel, newcomer David Whitley has imagined a nation at a crossroads: misshaped by materialism and facing a choice about its future. He has brought to life two children who will test the nation's values-and crafted a spellbinding adventure story that will keep readers turning the pages until the very end.
In a society based on trade, where everything can be bought and sold, the future rests on the secrets of a single document-and the lives of two children whose destiny it is to discover its secrets.
THE MIDNIGHT CHARTER combines great storytelling with a compelling vision - a many layered adventure with powerful and timely implications.
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"It was so good, but the ending was so annoying. It ended so...I guess unexpectedly is the word I would use. As if there were a sequel. I'll have to look and see if there is one."
— Sarah (4 out of 5 stars)
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“Young readers who enjoy tales of mystery and fantasy will find much to admire in Whitley's story...Simon Vance's thoughtful, unrushed narration is the perfect foil for the book's brooding atmosphere. Vance is a master narrator who brings characters of every type to life.
— AudioFile -
[Simon Vance's] skill is his ability to provide just the perfect pace and emphasis to convey wonder and amazement as well as dismay and disbelief... His almost imperceptible change in pacing, pitch, and rhythm perfectly conveys the author's intent.
— Voya Voice of Youth Advocates -
Charity, greed, freedom, fate and political scheming are all woven through debut author Whitley's richly conceived world. Readers will be buoyed by every small triumph that cannot be recorded in an account book.
— Publishers Weekly -
Exciting and gripping from the first heart-stopping line, this first book in a trilogy takes readers only part of the way to resolving the predictions of the Midnight Charter and its relationship to Mark and Lily. Readers will anxiously await the next installment as they reach the cliff-hanger ending.
— School Library Journal -
Deft world-building and crafty plotting combine for a zinger of an ending that will leave readers poised for book two. Surprisingly sophisticated upper-middle-grade fare, with enough meat to satisfy older readers as well.
— Kirkus Reviews -
Whitley threads together a thrilling page-turner with the two young heroes' lives intertwining in surprising and illuminating ways.
— Shelf Awareness -
One of the most original and creative books I've read in a long time.
— Wands and Worlds.com
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Among shortlisted titles for Audie Award Finalist, 2010
The Midnight Charter Listener Reviews
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" What I learned from this book...young adult novels can be pompous, too. The writing was uneven, sometimes compelling, more often ponderous and preachy. Sometimes hard to tell what was supposed to be happening. Feh. "
— patience, 2/5/2014 -
" I liked the concept a lot. However i felt that the execution and where the character development ended up fell flat. I also hated the ending. This is David Whitley's first book so I'm excited to read anything else he comes up with in the hopes that he works some of these kinks. "
— Meghan, 1/14/2014 -
" Awesome I can't wait for more!!! "
— Brandy, 1/4/2014 -
" To be honest, it really wasnt my cup of tea. I think that it would perhaps appeal to a younger audience more so. There were parts of it which were good, though the whole style just bored me. "
— Sharon, 12/9/2013 -
" Fabulous new YA fantasy - I'm really enjoying it. "
— Rachel, 1/8/2013 -
" It was a good book . A 3.5 I loved the Way things played out in this Books full of conspiracy "
— Alan, 1/3/2013 -
" I liked the first half better than the second half. I'm not a big fan of the "cryptic prophecy that doesn't get explained in the first book" plot line. Even so, I'm sure I'll read the sequel to try to figure out what is going on. "
— Heather, 12/24/2012 -
" Amazing first line and initially some intriguing world-building, but it didn't hold together as well as I hoped (probably not helped by the fact that I took five days off from the audio to travel to Seattle). The end was a bit anticlimactic, sorry to say. "
— Brenda, 11/22/2012 -
" This book seemed more like it should have been a prologue than an entire story. It should have taken up a chapter in a book rather than an entire book in a series. I am interested in the rest of the story but I don't know that I will bother with the sequel. "
— Poway, 8/19/2012 -
" Interesting concept but lack of consistency. "
— natercopia, 7/24/2012 -
" Took me long enough but I finished it...I'm not sure if it's because of the actual book or my three second attention span... "
— Molly, 5/21/2012 -
" Um... 93/100. "
— Jekloneo, 7/1/2011 -
" I would like this better if it weren't the beginning of a trilogy or some sequence of books. I am so tired of trilogies! Can't anyone write a one-volume work any more? "
— Polly, 3/10/2011 -
" Good book. It is a little slow in the middle but it keeps the story open at the end. I'm only giving it three stars because I do not want to run out and get the next book in the series. One day I will get to it. "
— Erin, 2/10/2011 -
" This book had an interesting premise. <br/>However I did not like the margins of the book and felt there was no symmetry. <br/>Going to give it away to my students to read and see what they have to say, it may be a little over their head. "
— Erin, 2/7/2011 -
" Interesting concept but lack of consistency. "
— natercopia, 12/11/2010 -
" What I learned from this book...young adult novels can be pompous, too. The writing was uneven, sometimes compelling, more often ponderous and preachy. Sometimes hard to tell what was supposed to be happening. Feh. "
— pw, 8/19/2010 -
" Took me long enough but I finished it...I'm not sure if it's because of the actual book or my three second attention span... "
— Sara's, 7/27/2010
About David Whitley
David Whitley, a graduate of Oxford, wrote his first children’s novel at age seventeen—it was shortlisted for the Kathleen Fidler Award. At twenty he was the youngest person ever to win the Chesire Prize for Literature for a children’s short story. He lives in England.
About Simon Vance
Simon Vance (a.k.a. Robert Whitfield) is an award-winning actor and narrator. He has earned more than fifty Earphones Awards and won the prestigious Audie Award for best narration thirteen times. He was named Booklist’s very first Voice of Choice in 2008 and has been named an AudioFile Golden Voice as well as an AudioFile Best Voice of 2009. He has narrated more than eight hundred audiobooks over almost thirty years, beginning when he was a radio newsreader for the BBC in London. He is also an actor who has appeared on both stage and television.