Included with the purchase of this book is free trial access to Million Books. This is a reproduction of the original edition including imperfections. At once a thriller, a romp, and a spellbinding fantasy, The Box of Delights is a great English children s book and a perfect Christmas treat.

But with the help of his allies, including an intrepid mouse, a squadron of Roman soldiers, the legendary Herne the Hunter, and the inventor of The Box of Delights himself, Kay just may be able rescue his friend, foil Abner Brown s plot, and save Christmas, too. The gang will stop at nothing to carry out their plan, even kidnapping Kay’s friend, the tough little Maria Jones, and threatening to cancel Christmas celebrations altogether. What does Abner Brown want? The magic box that the old man has entrusted to Kay, which allows him to travel freely not only in space but in time, too.

Soon danger is everywhere, as a gang of criminals headed by the notorious wizard Abner Brown and his witch wife Sylvia Daisy Pouncer gets to work. Arriving at his destination, the boy is immediately accosted by a bright eyed old man with a mysterious message: The wolves are running. Strange things begin to happen the minute young Kay Harker boards the train to go home for Christmas and finds himself under observation by two very shifty looking characters. Lewis s Narnia tales and Joan Aiken s Wolves of Willoughby Chase not to mention the Harry Potter series The Midnight Folk is a wonderful and enthralling contribution to the great English tradition of children s literature, beloved by adults and children alike. In the end, it is that ragtag team of old toys that rallies to support Kay and save the day.A book to set beside C.S. Soon Kay is engaged in a thrilling quest that begins each night as the clock strikes twelve, taking him into the enchanted and dangerous world of The Midnight Folk: pirates, highwaymen, talking animals, and a gang of witches led by none other than Sylvia Daisy in cahoots, as in The Box of Delights, with the arch villain Abner Brown.

Life seems very dull, until out of an old family portrait steps Kay s great grandfather, a sea captain, who, if legend is to be believed, made off with a fabulous treasure. In her zeal to educate Kay on the finer points of Latin grammar, Sylvia Daisy has even taken away all of Kay s toys. Kay lives in a vast old country house, and is looked after by an unpleasant duo: the oily and egregious Sir Theopompous and the petulant and punitive Sylvia Daisy Pouncer. The Midnight Folk introduces readers to Kay Harker, the orphaned boy who is also the hero of John Masefield’s classic Christmas fantasy, The Box of Delights.

The midnight folk by john masefield