Midnight Library
5 total works
Small, valuable things have been disappearing from the Library, including from a locked room. Who's to blame? The clues: strange rustling sounds, a gentle rapping at the door and a black feather or two. It's Poe's Raven, of course, come to find the lost Lenore. But Lenore only exists in the poem ... doesn't she?
Dozens of tiny paw prints in the Library break room? Food gone missing? Must be rats. But do rats stack books into pyramids? No, but the Lilliputians from Gulliver's Travels do. The Library has been overrun by these tiny people ... and their giant arch enemies. Unfortunately, the giant arch enemies are looking for their giant pet monkey, who's loose in the library!
It's the Assistant Librarian's birthday! When the kids surprise him, the shock is theirs - he's been turned to stone! Medusa has entered the library - and so have her friends Apollo, Perseus, Apollo and Ariadne. These Greek gods and goddesses aren't here for the party. They're here because the Library has been transformed into a labyrinth! Can anyone find their way out of this maze?
A moon shines indoors, bats fly through the stacks and a wolf howls in the distance. That's unexpected - even for the Library. A parade of zombie monks is marching through, and they're eating books. The only hope? Mary, Ann, Charlotte and Ben Franklin. Between their Frankenstein's Monster of books and Ben's electricity, will the zombies be defeated?
A group of young interns work at an old, gigantic public library. But they're not just reshelving books and helping people find information. At this library, stories aren't bound by books - they can step out, create problems and mysteries. After all, once the library closes, only the stories remain...