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Nightbird
Overview
Bestselling author Alice Hoffman's 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 Twig's family that was meant to last forever. But this summer, everything will change when the red moon rises. It's time to break the spell.Praise
Nominated for:
The Great Stone Face Award (NH)
Rebecca Caudill Young Readers' Book Award (Illinois)
The Black-Eyed Susan Book Award (Maryland) "Hoffman reminds us that there are secrets everywhere . . . Nightbird soars."
--The New York Times
"Alice Hoffman has a gift for melding magic and realism in a way that makes nearly anything seem possible."
--Shelf Awareness, Starred "The mix of romance and magic is irresistible."
--Kirkus Reviews
What Other Authors Are Saying
"I 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." --Lois Lowry, two-time Newbery Medal-winning author of The Giver
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Details
- ISBN-13: 9780385389617
- ISBN-10: 0385389612
- Publisher: Yearling Books
- Publish Date: March 2016
- Dimensions: 7.6 x 5.2 x 0.6 inches
- Shipping Weight: 0.3 pounds
- Page Count: 208
- Reading Level: Ages 10-UP
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