The Thirteenth Hour

A girl must navigate dangerous dream worlds to save her bully from a mysterious threat.

3.7/5 Goodreads · 113 ratings

288 pages

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Bookroo's summary

Twelve-year-old Rosemary, an artist inspired by her aunt's tales, receives a pocket watch that unlocks magical dream worlds. Each hour reveals a new realm, where she befriends outcasts and faces the sinister Tall Man. When a bully steals the watch and is trapped in the Eleventh Hour, Rose must gather magic from all twelve worlds to rescue him. Can she bridge the gap between dreams and reality before it's too late? Adventure, danger, and unexpected alliances await in this fantastical journey.

From the publisher

Fans of Roald Dahl and Neil Gaiman will love this inventive and “captivating” (Kirkus Reviews) middle grade fantasy about a girl who uses a family heirloom to travel to fantastical worlds that may be more dangerous than they appear. Twelve-year-old Rosemary has been an artist her whole life and especially loves drawing the incredible places from her Aunt Jo’s stories. But illustrating the stories doesn’t mean Rose believes them. And when Aunt Jo gives Rose a pocket watch with instructions on how to use it to access magical dream worlds, Rose just thinks Aunt Jo is being peculiar again. While Rose is sleeping, however, she enters a fantastical place where each hour of the pocket watch takes her to a different world. There, Rose befriends a trio of outcasts with special powers and joins their war against the ominous Tall Man. When a bully steals Rose’s watch, she can only look on in horror as dream and reality collide and he’s sucked into the Eleventh Hour. Now, Rosemary must gather magic from all twelve dream worlds to rescue the boy who makes her life a living nightmare.

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