Nightbird (Hoffman)

Nightbird 
Alice Hoffman, 2015
Random House Children's Books
208 pp.
ISBN-13: 9780385389587


Summary
In her first novel for middle-grade readers, bestselling author Alice Hoffman tells a bewitching story of love and friendship that is truly magical.
 
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. (From the publisher.)