Almost Midnight: Two Festive Short Stories by New York Times bestselling author Rainbow Rowell contains two wintery short stories, decorated throughout with gorgeous black and white illustrations by Simini Blocker.

'Midnights' is the story of Noel and Mags, who meet at the same New Year's Eve party every year and fall a little more in love each time . . .

'Kindred Spirits' is about Elena, who decides to queue to see the new Star Wars movie and meets Gabe, a fellow fan.

'Midnights' was previously published as part of the My True Love Gave to Me anthology, edited by Stephanie Perkins and 'Kindred Spirits' was previously published as a World Book Day title.

This book has been graded for interest at 12-16 years.

There are 160 pages in this book. This is a short story book. This book was published 2018 by Pan Macmillan .

Simini Blocker has worked on several middle-grade and YA titles, including Almost Midnight , and the My So-Called Superpowers series. When not illustrating, she loves experimenting with embroidery, traveling as much as possible, and collecting too many stationary supplies. Rainbow Rowell lives in Omaha, Nebraska. FANGIRL is her second YA novel and a New York Times bestseller, as is her first novel, ELEANOR AND PARK.