Alice Hoffman 
Nightbird 

From the bestselling author of Practical Magic, comes a beautiful spellbinding tale ofmagic, friendship and an ancient curse.Twig lives in Sidwell, where people whisper that fairy tales are real.After all, her town is rumoured to hide a monster – and it is theserumours of a winged beast which draw in as much tourism to thetown as its famous apple orchards. Two hundred years ago, a witchplaced a curse on Twig’s family that was meant to last forever. Butthis summer, following the arrival of a new family in town, Twig mayjust have found her first true friend and an ally in vanquishing thisancient curse. It’s time to try and break the spell… but willeverything change when the red moon rises? Be enchanted by this magical andendearing new story from highly acclaimed and widely adored Alice Hoffman, who has yet again created a beautiful novel that willbewitch its readers from the first page until the very last.Praise for Alice Hoffman:Alice Hoffman can write about love like no-one else Jodi Picoult I love the way Alice Hoffman creates the most ordinary people and then turns their lives magical. Shedoes it here once again, in Nightbird. The book is like re-entering in a wonderful dream that youvaguely remember. Lois Lowry Hoffman knows how to tell a good story Sunday Times