Owl in Love
by Patrice Kindl
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Read in January, 1993
Owl in Love is a quirky, humorous and oddly touching YA fantasy novel.
14-year-old Owl has a desperate crush on her science teacher. She sits outside his window and watches him as he sleeps. Owl's diet includes both mice and grasshoppers. Owl is more than a little odd. She is in fact, a wereowl.
"I am in love with Mr. Lindstrom, my science teacher. I found out where he lives and every night I perch on a tree branch outside his bedroom window and watch him sleep. He sleeps in his under...more
14-year-old Owl has a desperate crush on her science teacher. She sits outside his window and watches him as he sleeps. Owl's diet includes both mice and grasshoppers. Owl is more than a little odd. She is in fact, a wereowl.
"I am in love with Mr. Lindstrom, my science teacher. I found out where he lives and every night I perch on a tree branch outside his bedroom window and watch him sleep. He sleeps in his under...more
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Read in January, 2008
I just finished this book. Literally. I wanted to write this while I had everything fresh in my memory. This book is not my favorite, and I am not really sure what it is. It is weird like the story and the characters. It is about a girl, Owl, who is in love with her science teacher, Mr. Lindstrom. Owl is half owl and half human. She can transform into a human or owl almost whenever she likes. She can't transform when she eats too much human food, or has her heart broken, or not even quite sure w...more
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Read in March, 2004
recommends it for:
allsorts
I bought this book just under 4 years ago - firstly because I collect owls and as I love books it makes sense to collect owl books as well, and secondly because I loved the blurb. I was totally delighted to find it such a lovely, funny, poignant, quirky read.
I'm putting a few of my books into this Goodreads, and scrolled through to find a review that I wanted to add a comment to. I really like your opening sentence, so clicked on your name to find that you're an author yourself. So now I have ...more
I'm putting a few of my books into this Goodreads, and scrolled through to find a review that I wanted to add a comment to. I really like your opening sentence, so clicked on your name to find that you're an author yourself. So now I have ...more
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Read in January, 1998
recommends it for:
weird girls like me
Owl is a girl who turns into an owl at night, but she still has to go to high school. To me, this is pure comedy gold.
She has a crush on her teacher, and moons around his house at night instead of eating mice like she should. And there's another owl who just appeared, who isn't behaving like an owl should. What could be going on there? Hmmm.
I love this unusual take on being a misfit, dealing with the lunchroom, and feeling like a weirdo. Of course, Owl really is pretty weird! I love the scen...more
She has a crush on her teacher, and moons around his house at night instead of eating mice like she should. And there's another owl who just appeared, who isn't behaving like an owl should. What could be going on there? Hmmm.
I love this unusual take on being a misfit, dealing with the lunchroom, and feeling like a weirdo. Of course, Owl really is pretty weird! I love the scen...more
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Read in September, 2007
I like Owl, and her straightforwardness. I think it's a little strange that she's already fourteen and hasn't heard a lot of slang. Also, how on earth did her parents meet? One or the other of them would have had to marry into this whole "wereowl" thing—how would they have known how to bring her up?
Rather than being frustrating, the questions make me want a sequel.
Dawn, Owl's lab partner, seems especially interesting. How is she the only one who notices Owl's nature when ...more
Rather than being frustrating, the questions make me want a sequel.
Dawn, Owl's lab partner, seems especially interesting. How is she the only one who notices Owl's nature when ...more
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This book is mainly about a girl who is in love with her teacher. She says that she turns into an owl at night and is a normal girl in the morning. Except for her owl-like features (you can picture it). This book is bad because it is so weird. It's like one of your friends turning into a cat and jumping out a window to catch a bird(...weird I know). It is not realistic. I don't like it!!!!!!!! - AMR
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Read in January, 1999
Quirky, priceless book. If I'd read it as a child, it would be a childhood favorite, but I read it in my early 20s, and still loved it, enough to write back and forth with the author a couple times. Highly recommended.
* The cover of the book I own is different, showing a girl with her arms / wings outstretched. I think it's a better representation of the story than this cover.
* The cover of the book I own is different, showing a girl with her arms / wings outstretched. I think it's a better representation of the story than this cover.
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recommends it for:
young girls
A poignant YA novel about young love. Also, one of the most skilled uses of shape-shifting as a plot point that I have ever seen. Treats themes of difference with the same gentle handling Kindl uses in "Woman in the Wall".
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recommends it for:
young adults
I love this book in an unreasonable way. My daughter does too. It's the perfect combination of weirdness and beauty that sends me over the edge every time.
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Read in April, 2004
A fascinating, well-written YA novel about a fourteen-year-old girl who can transform herself into an owl. Highly original, and it left me wanting more.
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Just love it! She's a wereowl, and she's madly in love with her middle-aged teacher. It's smart and charming and bittersweet all at once!
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Read in December, 1993
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magical realism fans
Kindl is a very unique writer. I was blown away by this simple story and the telling of it.
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