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Of a feather

A baby great horned owl, Second, so called because his sister, First, is already out of the nest, is reluctant to hunt for himself, but when his mother is injured he is forced out into the forest; Maureen is a human girl pulled out of her grandmother's violent home and placed with an aunt--but her A...

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Main Author: Lorentz, Dayna (Author)
Format: Books Print Book
Language:English
Published: Boston : Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, [2021]
Subjects:
Great horned owl > Juvenile fiction.
Wildlife rescue > Juvenile fiction.
Wildlife rehabilitators > Juvenile fiction.
Falconry > Juvenile fiction.
Aunts > Juvenile fiction.
Brothers and sisters > Juvenile fiction.
Owls > Juvenile fiction.
Coming-of-age fiction > Juvenile.
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Summary:A baby great horned owl, Second, so called because his sister, First, is already out of the nest, is reluctant to hunt for himself, but when his mother is injured he is forced out into the forest; Maureen is a human girl pulled out of her grandmother's violent home and placed with an aunt--but her Aunt Beatrice is involved in falconry and runs a mews where injured raptors can heal, and it is here Maureen and Second (now called Rufus) meet and learn how to heal each other.
Physical Description:328 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm
Audience:Ages 10 to 12.
Grades 4-6.
ISBN:9780358283539
0358283531
Author Notes:Dayna Lorentz is the author of the Dogs of the Drowned City trilogy and the No Safety in Numbers trilogy. She has worked in and around the foster care system, most recently as a law clerk in the Vermont family courts, but she only just started exploring the sport of falconry. Dayna lives in Vermont with her husband and two children.


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