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Nancy H
Feb 17, 2013 rated it liked it
This is a unique story told from the point of view of a migrating nighthawk. For readers who like animal stories, this one is a winner. Wisp is a nighthawk with a secret: his inability to read the stars and navigate using them, an essential skill for nighthawks. He tells the story of what happens after his father is killed in a fire, and he, his mother, and sister are imprisoned in a South American bird colony. Wisp decides to escape and migrate north to the Arctic, near where he was born. His t ...more