It reminded me a little of Neil Gaiman’s, The Graveyard Book. And if you have no problems just letting yourself escape into such a world, then I’d recommend it. It is an endearing, sensory, magical escape which I loved for a few hours. I haven’t read anything by Hoffman before but it seems she is a prolific and notable writer and this is evident in Nightbird. The pair of girls decide they are going to help their families and the town and try to figure out how to reverse a 200-year-old curse. Twig and the girl of the same age instantly click and become close friends, but it’s hard for Twig as she has become so isolated, she finds friendship a difficult path to navigate. Things start to unravel as you’d expect when new neighbours move in next door. And two hundred years ago, a witch placed a curse on Twig's family that was meant to last. After all, her town is rumored to hide a monster. Twig lives in Sidwell, where people whisper that fairy tales are real.
Twig is a lovely and intelligent girl who feels confined by her overprotective mother who is hiding a secret, but a secret that Twig knows about and is also keeping. 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. Hoffman manages to pull you in to the small town and the families she is telling you about with the smells of baking pies, so sweet and delicious your mouth waters. is like reentering a wonderful dream that you vaguely remember.I picked up Nightbird from NetGalley as I liked the sound of it and I fancied something light and magical after the raft of crime books I’ve read recently. 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. “I love the way Alice Hoffman creates the most ordinary people and then turns their lives magical. is like reentering a wonderful dream that you vaguely remember.” -Lois Lowry, two-time Newbery Medal–winning author of The Giver Nightbird reminded me an awful lot of The Strange And Beautiful Sorrows of Ava Lavender, a novel for older teenagers by Leslye Walton that came out last spring. “The mix of romance and magic is irresistible.” “Alice Hoffman has a gift for melding magic and realism in a way that makes nearly anything seem possible.” “Hoffman reminds us that there are secrets everywhere. The Black-Eyed Susan Book Award (Maryland) Rebecca Caudill Young Readers’ Book Award (Illinois) But this summer, everything will change when the red moon rises.
And two hundred years ago, a witch placed a curse on Twig’s family that was meant to last forever.
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.
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