Midnight (Wilson novel)

Midnight
Author(s)	Jacqueline Wilson
Illustrator	Nick Sharratt
Cover artist	Nick Sharratt
Country	United Kingdom
Language	English
Genre(s)	Children's novel
Publisher	Doubleday (first edition, hardback)
Publication date	2003

Midnight is a children's novel by English author Jacqueline Wilson.

It tells the story of a girl called Violet and her brother Will, who it turns out is adopted.

Plot

Violet is a dreamy girl who is often away in her own world, filled with fairies designed by her favourite author, Casper Dream. She lives with her mother, father and her brother Will, who she loves very much despite the fact he can be controlling and sometimes frightens her. At Christmas, Violet finds out that Will was adopted. One night, Will forces Violet to play a game of 'Blind Man's Buff'. Violet hates the game, but plays anyway because since Will discovered he was adopted he had become reclusive and rarely played with her. Consequently, she has a scary experience with bats in the attic of an empty house. Violet later makes a resolution that she will not let Will order her around.

Soon, a new girl, Jasmine, comes to Violet's school and chooses her as a friend. Violet is thrilled because Jasmine is pretty and rich, although she is not sure if Jasmine truly wants to be her friend or just wants to get closer to Will. Will and Violet play 'Truth and Dare' and Will asks Violet that, if she could have a love affair with anyone, who would it be? Violet says Casper Dream. Violet asks the same question to Will but before he can answer, Jasmine calls and asks for help with her homework. Much to Violet's surprise, Will invites Jasmine over. They work for a while and then play Truth and Dare again, where Will asks Violet who she likes better, him or Jasmine. When Violet fails to come up with a reply, Will dares her to spend 10 minutes in the attic.

Violet reluctantly agrees. In the attic, Violet finds out that she used to have another brother named Will but he died, so her parents tried to replace him with her adopted brother. She leaves the attic and finds Will and Jasmine kissing. Not realising she is within earshot, Jasmine and Will make fun of Violet and the fairies she has hanging from the ceiling. When they see her, Violet runs away and goes to see Casper Dream's old house. There she finds Casper Dream himself and they become friends. When she returns home, Jasmine is apologetic and regretful. She forgives both Jasmine and Will. Afterwards, she confronts her parents about the first Will. They eventually tell her and Will the truth and soon things begin to become better for Violet.