Night Wings: A Great Fall and Halloween Read for Kids

By Joseph Bruchac

Book Overview

Praised as a "perfect book to gobble up in a single, sweaty sitting" by Booklist , this chilling middle grade novel from acclaimed author Joseph Bruchac is infused with suspense and heart-stopping action. Give it to fans of R. L. Stine's Goosebumps series and readers anxious for well-crafted horror Night Wings follows a Native American boy named Paul who is forced to journey up a treacherous mountain and must come face-to-face with something even more terrifying and deadly than his surroundings. Paul has always believed in the power of dreams. He knows that they are often warnings. Warnings that should be taken very seriously. Now his nightmare visions of a fearsome winged creature are becoming all too real. And though Paul has always depended on the wisdom of his Abenaki ancestors' stories to guide him, no monster tale will prepare him for the horror he is about to encounter. All alone. At the top of one of the most dangerous mountains in the world.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0061123188
• ISBN13: 9780061123184
• Release Date: June 2009
• Publisher: HarperCollins
• Length: 208 Pages
• Weight: 0.60 lbs.
• Dimensions: 7.5" x 0.8" x 4.5"
• Age Range: 8 to 12 years
• Grade Range: Grades 3 to 7