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THWACK!
Sitting in the backseat of the car, Daphne is dying of boredom just thinking about the two weeks she's about to spend camping with her family. Suddenly-THWACK! A bird crashes into the windshield. When Daphne's dad gets out of the car to see if the bird is all right, another one dive-bombs right into his head-and draws blood. Daphne watches in horror as more birds attack, and it isn't long before a carefree summer day turns into her family's worst nightmare.
The epub edition of this title is fully accessible.
Key Selling Points:
• Fifteen-year-old Daphne and her family are besieged in their car by homicidal birds while heading to their summer campsite in this horror novel reminiscent of Hitchcock's The Birds.
• This is the fourth book in the Orca Shivers series, a series that will thrill readers with spine-tingling tales of horror, suspense and mystery. These short, fast-paced novels are a great high-interest choice for middle-grade readers.
• The multi-POV narration of the story makes for an exciting, graphic read.
• Author Jocelyn Boisvert got the idea for the book one spring morning while daydreaming. A flock of migratory birds began to swoop and dive overhead, and he started to wonder what would happen if something went wrong-terribly wrong.
In this short horror novel for middle-grade readers, fifteen-year-old Daphne and her family are besieged by killer birds while on a family vacation.
Jocelyn Boisvert has been writing books for young people for about twenty years and is the author of over 80 books. He started out writing quirky, funny and fantasy stories, and one of his books, Les moustiques, was a finalist for a Governor General's Award in 2017. Feathered Fiends is a tribute to his favorite director, Alfred Hitchcock, and his famous movie, The Birds.
David Warriner grew up in the UK and escaped to Quebec right after graduating from Oxford. A professional translator for nearly two decades, David nurtures a healthy passion for Quebec fiction and has translated a range of fiction, nonfiction, and children's fiction titles by Quebec authors for British and Canadian publishers. He lives in Penticton, British Columbia. The Orca Shivers series offers fast-paced, quick reads that will thrill middle-grade readers with spine-tingling tales of horror, suspense and mystery. Don't get out of the car.
A two-week family camping trip is not Daphne's idea of fun. She already feels like she's dying of boredom on the drive there when THWACK! A bird crashes into the windshield. Her dad gets out to investigate, and another one slams into his head, drawing blood. THWACK! THWACK! THWACK! It's not just one bird...it's a murder. Will this carefree summer day turn into her family's worst nightmare? Don't look up.
Sitting in the backseat of the car, Daphne is dying of boredom just thinking about the two weeks she's about to spend camping with her family. Suddenly-THWACK! A bird crashes into the windshield. When Daphne's dad gets out of the car to see if the bird is all right, another one dive-bombs right into his head-and draws blood. Daphne watches in horror as more birds attack, and it isn't long before a carefree summer day turns into her family's worst nightmare.
The epub edition of this title is fully accessible.
Key Selling Points:
• Fifteen-year-old Daphne and her family are besieged in their car by homicidal birds while heading to their summer campsite in this horror novel reminiscent of Hitchcock's The Birds.
• This is the fourth book in the Orca Shivers series, a series that will thrill readers with spine-tingling tales of horror, suspense and mystery. These short, fast-paced novels are a great high-interest choice for middle-grade readers.
• The multi-POV narration of the story makes for an exciting, graphic read.
• Author Jocelyn Boisvert got the idea for the book one spring morning while daydreaming. A flock of migratory birds began to swoop and dive overhead, and he started to wonder what would happen if something went wrong-terribly wrong.
In this short horror novel for middle-grade readers, fifteen-year-old Daphne and her family are besieged by killer birds while on a family vacation.
Jocelyn Boisvert has been writing books for young people for about twenty years and is the author of over 80 books. He started out writing quirky, funny and fantasy stories, and one of his books, Les moustiques, was a finalist for a Governor General's Award in 2017. Feathered Fiends is a tribute to his favorite director, Alfred Hitchcock, and his famous movie, The Birds.
David Warriner grew up in the UK and escaped to Quebec right after graduating from Oxford. A professional translator for nearly two decades, David nurtures a healthy passion for Quebec fiction and has translated a range of fiction, nonfiction, and children's fiction titles by Quebec authors for British and Canadian publishers. He lives in Penticton, British Columbia. The Orca Shivers series offers fast-paced, quick reads that will thrill middle-grade readers with spine-tingling tales of horror, suspense and mystery. Don't get out of the car.
A two-week family camping trip is not Daphne's idea of fun. She already feels like she's dying of boredom on the drive there when THWACK! A bird crashes into the windshield. Her dad gets out to investigate, and another one slams into his head, drawing blood. THWACK! THWACK! THWACK! It's not just one bird...it's a murder. Will this carefree summer day turn into her family's worst nightmare? Don't look up.