Post­ed by Nat Bernstein

Jew­ish nov­el­ist Alice Hoff­man turns her deft mas­tery of mag­i­cal real­ism to Mid­dle Grade fan­ta­sy with Night­bird, a tale of enchant­ments, mys­te­ri­ous fam­i­ly curs­es, and (of course) young love:

Lois Lowry (two-time New­bery Medal recip­i­ent and author of The Giv­er in case you live under a rock) likens this book to ​“reen­ter­ing a won­der­ful dream that you vague­ly remem­ber,” cel­e­brat­ing how ​“Alice Hoff­man cre­ates the most ordi­nary peo­ple and then turns their lives mag­i­cal.” Look­ing for a book to share with a pre­teen? I think you just found it.

Relat­ed content:

• Alice Hoff­man read­ing list
• Chil­dren’s & YA Read­ing List, curat­ed by the Asso­ci­a­tion of Jew­ish Libraries
• Book Cov­er of the Week: A Thou­sand Pieces of You
• Right­eous Reads: Time-Test­ed Picks for Young Adults by Micol Ostow