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287 pp.
| Atheneum
| April, 2011
|
TradeISBN 978-1-4424-1445-7$15.99
(3)
4-6
Illustrated by
Yuta Onoda.
Through weird-girl Iona, Callum learns about the osprey pair living on his family's Scotland farm. Soon he's deeply involved in tracking the creatures, to the exclusion of his other friends and interests. There are some over-the-top plot twists, but intriguing details about the ospreys compensate for them by keeping the story grounded in fact. Occasional black-and-white illustrations add atmosphere. Websites.