The Midnight Folk
core novel 1927 Kay Harker
Record
| First published | 1927 |
|---|---|
| Original language |  EN |
| Work type | novel |
| Canon status | core |
| Reader rating | 3.75 (1,457 ratings, collected 2026-11-02) |
| Internal chronology | 1 |
Synopsis
Kay Harker is a young boy who lives at Seekings House, in the care of a governess, Sylvia Daisy Pouncer, who is secretly a member of a coven of witches. His great-grandfather, the seafaring Captain Aston Tirrold Harker, once owned a fortune that was stolen from him, and Kay sets out to find it. A band of witches led by the wizard Abner Brown is hunting for the same treasure, and Kay has to outwit them. On his night-time adventures he is helped by talking animals, most notably Nibbins, a cat who has given up the witches' service, and by a supernatural helper called Caroline Louisa. The book moves between the house, the countryside and a dream-like world of pirates and magic.
Where it sits
- Universe: Kay Harker
- Series: Kay Harker core; position 1 of 2 in the series' recorded order
- Author: John Masefield
Notes
- First published by Heinemann.
- From the series record (Kay Harker): Two children's fantasy novels in which the boy Kay Harker defends a family treasure and a magical box from a wizard and his witches.
Neighbouring works
Publication order and internal chronology are tracked as two separate orderings, but they resolve to the exact same sequence for this book, so one combined line is shown instead of two identical ones.
- Reading order, within the series Kay Harker: position 1 of 2: next The Box of Delights (1935)
Sources
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