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The City in the Middle of the Night

Charlie Jane Anders

Ages 14–18

Readers rate it 3.3 (127 on Hardcover)

370 pages · Released Feb 12, 2019

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This is a sophisticated adult science fiction novel with mature themes, complex characters, and world-building that skews toward older teens and adults. While not graphically violent, it contains dystopian brutality, psychological manipulation, and heavy emotional stakes that require maturity to process. The LGBTQ+ representation is significant and positive, and the novel rewards critical thinking about power, freedom, and resistance, but the challenging tone and some dark content make it more suitable for readers 14+.

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LOCUS AWARD FINALIST! “This generation’s Le Guin.” —Andrew Sean Greer, Pulitzer Prize-winning author of Less Charlie Jane Anders, the nationally bestselling author of All the Birds in the Sky delivers a brilliant new novel set in a hauntingly strange future with #10 LA Times bestseller The City in the Middle of the Nig... LOCUS AWARD FINALIST! “This generation’s Le Guin.” —Andrew Sean Greer, Pulitzer Prize-winning author of Less Charlie Jane Anders, the nationally bestselling author of All the Birds in the Sky delivers a brilliant new novel set in a hauntingly strange future with #10 LA Times bestseller The City in the Middle of the Night. "If you control our sleep, then you can own our dreams... And from there, it's easy to control our entire lives." January is a dying planet—divided between a permanently frozen darkness on one side, and blazing endless sunshine on the other. Humanity clings to life, spread across two archaic cities built in the sliver of habitable dusk. But life inside the cities is just as dangerous as the uninhabitable wastelands outside. Sophie, a student and reluctant revolutionary, is supposed to be dead after being exiled into the night. Saved only by forming an unusual bond with the enigmatic beasts who roam the ice, Sophie vows to stay hidden from the world, hoping she can heal. But fate has other plans—and Sophie's ensuing odyssey and the ragtag family she finds will change the entire world. At the Publisher's request, this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management Software (DRM) applied.

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  • Fiction
  • Unloveable Characters
  • Strong Character Development
  • Character driven
  • Diverse Characters
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  • Plot driven
  • Loveable Characters
  • Not Diverse Characters
  • emotional
  • Adventurous

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