Nightbird, Alice Hoffman
Nightbird, Alice Hoffman
5 Rating(s)
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Nightbird

Author: Alice Hoffman

Narrator: Jenna Lamia

Unabridged: 4 hr 43 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 03/10/2015


Synopsis

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 The Author

Alice Hoffman is the author of more than thirty bestselling works of fiction, including Practical Magic, a major motion picture; Here on Earth, an Oprah Book Club selection; the highly praised historical novel The Dovekeepers; and, most recently, The Museum of Extraordinary Things. Her books for teens include Green Angel, Green Witch, Incantation, The Fortelling, and Aquamarine, also a major motion picture, starring Emma Roberts. Visit her online at alicehoffman.com.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Wendy Darling on September 01, 2016

This is a pleasant enough fable, but ultimately a rather slight one. While I liked the premise of the story (somewhat similar to another MG I read recently), I wonder if the author, who is a well-respected writer of adult fiction trying her hand at children's for the first time, underestimates her a......more

Goodreads review by Maria on August 12, 2018

Seguramente sería un 3.5 por cierto detalle que creo sobraba, pero esta autora me ha conquistado. Me encanta su pluma, exquisita, y la magia con que envuelve sus historias. Es más, si ahora tuviese otro libro de ella, lo empezaría sin dudarlo. Por cierto, creo que debo añadir que este cuento es juve......more

Goodreads review by Magrat on August 31, 2024

Un cuento de verano lleno de magia y tartas de manzana protagonizado por una niña cuya familia esconde demasiados secretos. Si os gustan las historias atmosféricas os encantará este libro (y todos los de Hoffman), tiene maldiciones, brujas, amistad, hechizos y una pizca de amor. Eso sí, es muy previs......more

Goodreads review by Mansuriah on August 01, 2016

This is a slim novel aimed at younger readers (my estimate is that it suits readers around ages 8-14). Although adults like me should find much to enjoy too. It is about a young girl who is forbidden to make any friendships, as her mother is fearful of their secret getting out into the small communi......more

Goodreads review by Marie on August 16, 2016

Lovely, delicious, mystical, tender coming-of age story by an author I’ve been wanting to read for a long time. I listened to the audible version with my children on a road trip, and given it’s target audience, the plot is somewhat simplistic, so I look forward to reading some of her more acclaimed......more


Quotes

Praise for Nightbird

“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