There are 25 hours in a day. We just can't see the secret hour. But in the town of Bixby Oklahoma, all those who were born at midnight can. It's off...blue, huge dark moon, and only the midnighters can actually move at all.
But there are other creatures that exist in the secret hour as well. Darklings, and slithers. They usually don't attack, but when Jessica Day shows up and realizes that she's a midnighter, the darklings and slithers come for her the minute they sense her presence.
Rex, Dess, Melissa and Jonathan, all with special abilities that are heightened in the secret hour, help Jessica find out what she is and why the darklings are trying to kill her.
I loved Westerfeld's story about the Midnighters. This is the first book in the series, and I anxiously anticipate the next two. It is creative and new, and once again is a novel of my favorite genre (what I am deeming a mix of contemporary fantasy and urban fantasy). The POV bouncing from one character to another was done very well. Enjoyed!