Midnight Blue

Winner of the Smarties Grand Prix Award, runner up for the Whitbread Children’s Book Prize.

Midnight Blue is the story of Bonnie, whose chance of happiness with her mother, Maybelle, is shattered by the arrival of the evil Grandbag. It is a story of escape. With the help of a mysterious neighbour, Michael and the even more mysterious Shadowboy, Bonnie finds the life she has always dreamt of – a balloon flight away on the other side of the sky. A proper family awaits her at long last, and a new friend, Arabella, reflecting unexpected aspects of the world she’s left behind. But the cruelty of Grandbag follows, threatening Bonnie’s new-found happiness...