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Nightbird

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Mar 08, 2016 | 208 Pages | Middle Grade (10 and up) *This format is not eligible to earn points towards the Reader Rewards program

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    About Nightbird

    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
     
     

    About Nightbird

    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
     
     

    About Nightbird

    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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    The Story Sisters
    The Third Angel
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    Also by Alice Hoffman

    The Red Garden
    The Story Sisters
    The Third Angel
    Blackbird House
    The Probable Future
    See all books by Alice Hoffman

    About Alice Hoffman

    Alice Hoffman is the author of more than thirty works of fiction, including The World That We Knew, The Rules of Magic, Practical Magic, The Marriage of Opposites, The Red Garden, the Oprah’s Book Club selection Here on Earth, The Museum of Extraordinary Things, and The Dovekeepers…. More about Alice Hoffman

    About Alice Hoffman

    Alice Hoffman is the author of more than thirty works of fiction, including The World That We Knew, The Rules of Magic, Practical Magic, The Marriage of Opposites, The Red Garden, the Oprah’s Book Club selection Here on Earth, The Museum of Extraordinary Things, and The Dovekeepers…. More about Alice Hoffman

    About Alice Hoffman

    Alice Hoffman is the author of more than thirty works of fiction, including The World That We Knew, The Rules of Magic, Practical Magic, The Marriage of Opposites, The Red Garden, the Oprah’s Book Club selection Here on Earth, The Museum of Extraordinary Things, and The Dovekeepers…. More about Alice Hoffman

    Product Details

    Category: Children’s Middle Grade Books | Children’s Picture Books

    Paperback | $7.99
    Published by Yearling
    Mar 08, 2016 | 208 Pages | 5-3/16 x 7-5/8 | Middle Grade (10 and up) | ISBN 9780385389617

    Category: Children’s Middle Grade Books | Children’s Picture Books

    Ebook | $4.99
    Published by Wendy Lamb Books
    Mar 10, 2015 | 208 Pages | Middle Grade (10 and up) | ISBN 9780385389600

    Category: Audiobooks | Children’s Middle Grade Books | Children’s Picture Books

    Audiobook Download | $15.00
    Published by Listening Library (Audio)
    Mar 10, 2015 | 284 Minutes | Middle Grade (10 and up) | ISBN 9780553552249

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    “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

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