Description
Bestselling author Alice Hoffmanโs 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 Twigโs family that was meant to last forever. But this summer, everything will change when the red moon rises. Itโs time to break the spell.
What Other Authors Are Saying
โI 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.โ โLois Lowry, two-time Newbery Medalโwinning author of The Giver
โHoffman reminds us that there are secrets everywhere . . . Nightbird soars.โ
โThe New York Times
โAlice Hoffman has a gift for melding magic and realism in a way that makes nearly anything seem possible.โ
โShelf Awareness, Starred
โThe mix of romance and magic is irresistible.โ
โKirkus Reviews
From the Hardcover edition. ISBN:9780385389617
