Overview
Bestselling author Alice HoffmanÆs bewitching Nightbird is perfect for ages 10-13: love and friendship empower a lonely girl to embrace her uniqueness and discover her strengths. Twig lives in Sidwell, where people whisper that fairy tales are real. After all, her town is rumored to hide a monster. And two hundred years ago, a witch placed a curse on TwigÆs family that was meant to last forever. But this summer, everything will change when the red moon rises. ItÆs time to break the spell. Praise Nominated for: The Great Stone Face Award (NH) Rebecca Caudill Young ReadersÆ Book Award (Illinois) The Black-Eyed Susan Book Award (Maryland) ôHoffman reminds us that there are secrets everywhere . . . Nightbird soars.ö ùThe New York Times ôAlice Hoffman has a gift for melding magic and realism in a way that makes nearly anything seem possible.ö ùShelf Awareness, Starred ôThe mix of romance and magic is irresistible.ö ùKirkus Reviews What Other Authors Are Saying ôI love the way Alice Hoffman creates the most ordinary people and then turns their lives magical. . . . [Nightbird] is like reentering a wonderful dream that you vaguely remember.ö ùLois Lowry, two-time Newbery Medalûwinning author of The Giver
- | Author: Alice Hoffman
- | Publisher: Yearling
- | Publication Date: Mar 08, 2016
- | Number of Pages: 208 pages
- | Language: English
- | Binding: Paperback/Juvenile Fiction
- | ISBN-10: 0385389612
- | ISBN-13: 9780385389617
