Books with title The Midnight Dance

With poetic language, Doherty creates an enigmatic bedtime fantasy. Every night a boy and his dog awaken to see the midnight man who "comes riding through the town on his midnight horse with it's hushing hooves." The two follow the stranger through the streets of town to the moors, "the end of the world," where the man rides off and leaves them sleeping on the ground. Next, the moon ""peers at them and cries,"" then returns them to the bedroom where the story began. There boy and dog awaken once again, thinking they see the "winking moon" and hear the ""midnight horse"" before falling back to sleep until morning. Lovely as many of Doherty's metaphors are, they leave lingering questions. Readers never know if the midnight visitor is good or evil; seductive though he is, he abandons the child and dog on the moor. The moon's tears also suggest the pair is in danger. Yet Andrews's colored-pencil illustrations depict a velvety world in which the child and dog seem safe--until they reach the vast moors at the edge of the world. The artist portrays just a hint of facial features on the ghostly midnight man, and creates no relationship between the nightly apparition and his followers. Unlike the Sandman, the eerie midnight man may well keep readers up at night.

When the Germans attack their Romany encampment during World War II, Andrej and his younger brother, Tomas, flee through a ravaged countryside under cover of darkness, guarding a secret bundle. Their journey leads to a bombed-out town, where the boys discover a hidden wonder: a zoo filled with creatures in need of hope. Like Andrej and Tomas, the animals ;? ; wolf and eagle, monkey and bear, lioness and seal, kangaroo and llama, chamois and boar ;? ; have stories to share and a mission to reclaim their lives. Master storyteller Sonya Hartnett has crafted a magical and moving fable about war and redemption . . . and what it means to be free.

When the Germans attack their Romany encampment during World War II, Andrej and his younger brother, Tomas, flee through a ravaged countryside under cover of darkness, guarding a secret bundle. Their journey leads to a bombed-out town, where the boys discover a hidden wonder: a zoo filled with creatures in need of hope. Like Andrej and Tomas, the animals—wolf and eagle, monkey and bear, lioness and seal, kangaroo and llama, chamois and boar—have stories to share and a mission to reclaim their lives.Master storyteller Sonya Hartnett has crafted a magical and moving fable about war and redemption…and what it means to be free.

When the Germans attack their Romany encampment during World War II, Andrej and his younger brother, Tomas, flee through a ravaged countryside under cover of darkness, guarding a secret bundle. Their journey leads to a bombed-out town, where the boys discover a hidden wonder: a zoo filled with creatures in need of hope. Like Andrej and Tomas, the animals—wolf and eagle, monkey and bear, lioness and seal, kangaroo and llama, chamois and boar—have stories to share and a mission to reclaim their lives.Master storyteller Sonya Hartnett has crafted a magical and moving fable about war and redemption…and what it means to be free.