Barry Wolverton,Sam Nielson
Barry Wolverton's masterful middle-grade debut, ,Neversink,, is an epic tale of some very un-epic birds, a fast-paced and funny story of survival, friendship, and fish, in the vein of ,Watership Down, and Kathi Appelt's ,The Underneath,.,Along the Arctic Circle lies a small island called Neversink, home to a colony of odd-looking seabirds called auks, including one Lockley J. Puffin. With their oceanfront views and plentiful supply of fish, the auks have few concernsâ€”few, save for Lockley's two best friends, Egbert and Ruby, a know-it-all walrus and a sharp-tongued hummingbird.,But all of this is about to change. Rozbell, the newly crowned king of the Owl Parliament, has long had his scheming eyes on the small colony to the north. Now Neversink's independence hangs in the balance. An insurgence of owls will inevitably destroy life as the auks know itâ€”unless Lockley can do something about it.
Fantasy,Animals,Childrens,Middle Grade,Adventure,Childrens,Juvenile,Fiction,Childrens,Young Adult,Animals,Animal Fiction,Animals,Birds
Neversink