Midnight Robber

"Deeply satisfying...succeeds on a grand scale...best of all is the language....Hopkinson's narrative voice has a way of getting under the skin." -- The New York Times Book Review

"Caribbean patois adorns this novel with graceful rhythms...Beneath it lie complex, clearly evoked characters, haunting descriptions of exotic planets, and a stirring story... This book] ought to elevate Hopkinson to star status." --Seattle Times

It's Carnival time and the Caribbean-colonized planet of Toussaint is celebrating with music, dance, and pageantry. Masked "Midnight Robbers" waylay revelers with brandished weapons and spellbinding words. To young Tan-Tan, the Robber Queen is simply a favorite costume to wear at the festival--until her power-corrupted father commits an unforgiveable crime.

Suddenly, both father and daughter are thrust into the brutal world of New Half-Way Tree. Here monstrous creatures from folklore are real, and the humans are violent outcasts in the wilds. Tan-Tan must reach into the heart of myth and become the Robber Queen herself. For only the Robber Queen's legendary powers can save her life . . . and set her free.


Binding Type: Paperback
Publisher: Grand Central Publishing
Published: 03/01/2000
ISBN: 9780446675604
Pages: 336
Weight: 0.81lbs
Size: 8.08h x 5.07w x 0.78d
Award: Hugo Award - Nominee
Award: Nebula Awards - Nominee

Review Citations: Publishers Weekly 01/03/2000 pg. 61
Kirkus Reviews 01/15/2000 pg. 90
Booklist 02/15/2000 pg. 1091
Library Journal 02/15/2000 pg. 201
New York Times 04/30/2000 pg. 28
School Library Journal 06/01/2000 pg. 173
New York Times 06/04/2000 pg. 48
Black Issues Book Review 07/01/2000 pg. 25
New York Times 12/03/2000 pg. 88