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Night Wings

By Joseph Bruchac & Sally Wern Comport
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Publisher Description

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.

3 Reviews

3.5
“Inspired by a teacher friend on Instagram, I decided to install a new practice in my classroom this year called "First Chapter Fridays" wherein every Friday you read the first chapter of a book to your students as a way to give book recommendations and inspire literacy through showing the kids that you are also a reader. This was the eleventh installment. Normally I save the things I didn't like about a book until the end in order to sell readers first, but my problem with this one was the description of the book, which (when coupled with the first few chapters) make you think you're getting a different story than what you end up with. The description of this one sells it more as a middle grades horror/fantasy (like a children's https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/52180399.The_Only_Good_Indians ) about a boy stuck alone with a Spirit from his tribe's stories. While it has elements of horror-lite and fantasy, the foreground story is a kind of Hatchet-style outdoor adventure mixed with a kidnapping plot featuring a grandfather/grandson relationship. It's still a VERY solid story. I just think it's better if you know what you're getting yourself into. Now here's a list of things I love about this book: 1) I learned some very important things. (Did you know that New Hampshire is one of the few States in America that has NO "recognized" Indigenous tribes and no Indigenous land?) 2) It made me rethink how I phrase things when talking to my students. (I learned that it could be harmful to use terms like "folklore" when talking about cultural stories from other groups.) 3) It's got some genuinely scary and tense moments. 4) The grandfather/grandson story is very heartwarming, and the author has a clear love for his people. I really cannot recommend this book enough, and it would be a wonderful addition to a classroom shelf. Rating: 4/5”

Sally Wern Comport

Sally Wern Comport has been making pictures professionally since the age of sixteen. Her images have been seen in the editorial, advertising, and publishing markets worldwide, and her work includes the picture book Brave Margaret: An Irish Adventure, by Robert D. San Souci. She lives in Annapolis, Maryland, with her studio partner -- husband and their two daughters, Taylor and Olivia, and she recently completed her graduate education at Syracuse University to further her passion for the art of illustration.

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