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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. 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"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
About the Author
Alice Hoffman is the author of more than thirty works of fiction, including The World That We Knew; The Marriage of Opposites; The Red Garden; The Museum of Extraordinary Things; The Dovekeepers; Here on Earth, an Oprah's Book Club selection; and the Practical Magic series, including PracticalMagic; Magic Lessons; The Rules of Magic, a selection of Reese's Book Club; and The Book of Magic. She lives near Boston.