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The Midwatch

By: Judith Rossell
Narrated by: Annabelle Tudor
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'The city was stuffed full of wickedness, everyone knew that …'

Banished to the Midwatch Institute for Orphans, Runaways and Unwanted Girls, Maggie Fishbone is sure she’s in for a life of drudgery. But she quickly discovers there’s more to the Midwatch than meets the eye…

The city shimmers with jewels and secrets, and soon Maggie is thrust into an adventure that takes her deep underground, high above the clouds and face to face with danger itself.

2024, Indie Book Awards Children's, Short-listed

2025, Victorian Premier's Literary Awards Children's Literature, Short-listed

2025, Children's Book Council of Australia (CBCA) Book of the Year Younger Readers, Nominated

2025, BookPeople (formerly ABA) Book of the Year Award Children's Book, Winner

2025, Aurealis Award Best Children's Novel, Short-listed

2025, Sisters in Crime Davitt Awards Children's Crime Novel, Winner

2025, ARA Historical Novel Prize Children and Young Adult, Short-listed

©2024 Judith Rossell (P)2024 Bolinda Publishing
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Critic reviews

'Gasp-out-loud brilliant! An absolute treasure of a book.' (Katrina Nannestad, award-winning author of We Are Wolves)
'I was hooked from the beginning ... Move over Lemony Snicket!’ (Karen Foxlee, author of Lenny's Book of Everything)
'Welcome all treasure-hunters and mystery-solvers to the Midwatch Institute … [where] disobedient girls are not to be underestimated!.' (Amelia Mellor, bestselling author of The Grandest Bookshop in the World)
'A cracking concept, sensational characters and absolutely smashing pictures: The Midwatch is the cat’s pyjamas!' (Jaclyn Moriarty, author of the Kingdoms and Empires series)
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