Burning Midnight by Will McIntosh (ISBN: 9780553534108)
This book falls into the genre of science fiction with a slight smidge of romance. The premise is that in the future, colorful marbles have started showing up all around the world, mostly concentrated in urban areas, and hiding in any number of places. People have hunted for and found these spheres in order to own pairs of matching colors. You see, when a person holds a matching pair of marbles to their temples, a magic ability transfers to the holder. Teal: fall asleep easily; slate gray: enhanced singing ability; cranberry: better looking; mustard: high intelligence. As you can imagine, the wealthy are willing to pay exorbitant amounts to obtain rare marbles, and thus increase their standing in the world. Sully is a kid growing up in New York with a single mom who has just lost her job, and finding and selling marbles is the only way they survive. Hunter is a homeless girl, alone in the world, with a knack for finding hidden spheres. So the two team up together to locate rare marbles. The end up finding something unheard of: a larger marble that's gold - the only one of its kind. This marble is special though - it actively helps the holder locate its pair. A marble entrepreneur wants the gold... the two teens want cold hard cash... but what do the marbles want? You'll have to read Burning Midnight to find out! I grabbed this book off of the "New Releases" shelf at our local public library because the premise seemed interesting to me. It took a while to get into the real crux of the story, but the ending is something I didn't see coming at all. For readers who enjoyed I am Number Four or The Fifth Wave or for anyone who has secretly wished for the magical abilities of Harry Potter's wand or Clary's stele, this book will be right up your ally. Don't trust me? Check out Mandy the Glittery Nerd's review!
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