by Alice Hoffman
In her first novel for middle-grade readers, bestselling author Alice Hoffman tells a bewitching story of love and friendship that is truly magical.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 wi...
For many years, Alice Hoffman's books have been sitting on my reading list. When I first wanted to immerse myself in Magical Realism, it was her books that most of my trusted fellow bookworms pointed to. Sadly, I still haven't gotten to any of them. Which is why, when I saw that Nightbird was not on...
I received a copy from Netgalley.I glanced at the first page of this book on Saturday and then started reading it during my lunch hour at work, if I hadn't had to stop to go back to work I would have finished the whole thing in one sitting. I just absolutely loved this delightful middle grade book. ...
This was a really sweet book about the power of friendship and about being yourself. The story itself is reminiscent of old fables and fairy tales with a witch and a curse and a boy with wings, but is set in present day which makes this book very accessible to young readers. The writing is fantast...
The author has perfectly captured the mood and voice of 12 year old Twig (Teresa Jane Fowler), who has recently moved with her mother, from New York City to Sidwell, MA, her mother’s childhood home, leaving her father behind. It is a sleepy, rural town with one claim to fame, “the Sidwell Monster”. ...
"For my readers who are searching for the same things I searched for, Nightbird is a book of hope, for the lonely, the friendless, the girl who is different, the boy who has secrets to keep. In it, magic can be found in unexpected places, right next door or scrawled on a piece of paper hidden in an ...
When this book became available on NetGalley, I jumped at the chance to get an early read. I have read several books by Alice Hoffman, and am definitely a fan of her writing. The cover piqued my interest. I expected, based on that cover, that we would be in for a mysterious, magical treat. I read ...
The witch was back, the Witch of Sidwell and Twig’s mother had warned her to stay away but like most twelve-year old girls, Twig longs to have a friend, someone to have share secrets with, someone to read books with and someone to spend the lazy days of summer with. No one in the town knows Twig’s f...
Arc provided by Random House Children's through Netgalley Release Date: March 10 th First of all...I usually inhale Alice Hoffman's novels I love her writing style. I am crazy about it. Of course I normally read her adult fiction stories which have a whole different depth _ altho...
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