![]() To me, it kind of matched a lot of other elements of the story-where it’s kind of a scary story in a lot of ways but not a horror story, and it’s kind of an old-timey story but it’s not an old-timey story, and it’s kind of a magical story but it’s not entirely a fantasy-and the whole narrative is threading that needle. Why did you make the choice to leave it ambiguous? There are hints of magic throughout the novel, but you never confirm whether the magic is real. ![]() I’m really excited that this story that started as a special thing for me and my daughter will now be out there for other people to enjoy. That opening scene where a boy wakes up in the middle of the night and hears a noise and looks out the window to see a mysterious group of children moving into the house across the street-no furniture, no grown-ups, just the kids-that scene has stayed the same through all the different versions I’ve done. ![]() It started as a bedtime story for my oldest daughter when she was three or four. ![]() What was the point of origin for your story? Yet other elements of the story, like the satirical and gory depiction of the meat industry, come across as distinctly modern. The Midnight Children follows in the tradition of 21st-century children’s books with a narrative style that could have been plucked from a century earlier-books like The Mysterious Benedict Society, The Penderwicks, or A Series of Unfortunate Events. ![]()
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