Blue Noon

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The Secret Hour
Author	Scott Westerfeld
Cover artist	Kamil Vojnar & Karin Paprocki
Country	United States
Language	English
Series	Midnighters Trilogy
Genre(s)	Science fiction novel
Publisher	Eos
Publication date	2005
Media type	Print (Hardback & Paperback)
Pages	344 pp
ISBN	ISBN 1-904233-84-8
Preceded by	The Secret Hour and Touching Darkness

Midnighters 3: Blue Noon is a young adult novel by Scott Westerfeld. The third book in his Midnighters series, it was released in 2005 through Eos.

[edit] Plot summary

When time freezes in the middle of the day,during school, the midnighters have a problem. The secret hour is slowly making its way into the real world. The last book in the midnighters trilogy is all about the adventure of trying to keep the secret hour in the secret hour. Jessica and the rest of the Midnighters experience the secret hour more and more frequently. To make matters worse, Rex's darkling side cannot always control itself, so it just might take over. By using Madeline and other resources, the Midnighters find out that on the night of Samhain (Halloween), the Secret Hour will expand, and more of the Earth will be sucked up. This is because there is a "rip" in true midnight, which allows non-midnighters to slip into the blue time, that is expanding. True midnight (usually confined to the secret hour) will last for the whole day, and all humans and creatures within it will be awake. This will allow the darklings to feast once again unless Jessica and the other Midnighters find out a way to stop it from happening.

[edit] Ending

Beth, Jessica's sister, finds out about the Midnighters and Jessica's powers and shares them with Cassie.

Rex finds out that in order to save the world, Jessica must put her hand through a bolt of lightning that had been frozen during Samhain.

Melissa, Jonathan, and Jessica decide to leave Bixby to travel around the world to help out the other kids who have realized their powers during the Secret Hour. Dess stays behind. Rex decides to stay in Bixby and help his father and Madeleine.

The Midnighters Trilogy features five main protagonists, all of whom are Midnighters. Despite all possessing the ability to pass into the Blue Time, they do not always work together - resulting from personal conflicts between members.