Of a Feather

Name: Of a Feather
Brand: Dreamscape Media
Availability: InStock
Author: Dayna Lorentz
ISBN: 9781662070198

Author: Dayna Lorentz

Narrator: Stephanie Willing, Pete Cross

Unabridged: 7 hr 5 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Dreamscape Media

Published: 02/01/2021

Categories: Children's Fiction, Animal Stories

Synopsis

Great horned owl Rufus is eight months old and still cant hunt. When his mother is hit by a car, he discovers just how dangerous the forest can be.Reenie has given up on adults and learned how to care for herselfwhich is a good thing since shes been sent to live with an aunt shes never met. Yet this aunt has a wonderful secret: shes a falconer who agrees to help Reenie catch an injured passage hawk in the wild and rehabilitate it.When Reenie traps bedraggled Rufus, his eyes lock onto her heart, and they form a powerful friendship. But can Rufus learn to trust in the outside world and fly free? And can Reenie open her heart enough to truly soar?

About Dayna Lorentz

Dayna Lorentz is the author of the Dogs of the Drowned City trilogy, the No Safety in Numbers trilogy, and Of a Feather. 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. She lives with her husband and two children in Vermont.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Darla

A captivating tale of a girl named Reenie and an owl named Rufus. Both have been separated from their birth families and they form a strong bond that remains even though both have learned to fly on their own. Lorentz tells the story in alternating perspectives. Rufus has a distinctive voice that com......more

Goodreads review by Jessica

Read this for the Great Reads program at the library. I love owls, and can't believe I hadn't heard of this book before. In fact, I can't believe this book isn't getting more buzz. It's absolutely wonderful. Not just because of the fascinating look at falconry, and rehabilitating injured owls and ot......more

Goodreads review by Tonja

A part of me wants to say that this one resembles My Side of the Mountain, but it really has very little in common with that story...outside of the relationship with the bird and maybe a broader sense of learning how to deal with the feeling of being alone. Still, it had me thinking of that story. Th......more