Nightbird
Alice Hoffman
Nightbird
Alice Hoffman
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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