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The Owls Have Come to Take Us Away
Contributor(s): Smith, Ronald L. (Author)

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ISBN: 132884160X     ISBN-13: 9781328841605
Publisher: Clarion Books
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Binding Type: Hardcover - See All Available Formats & Editions
Published: February 2019
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Additional Information
BISAC Categories:
- Juvenile Fiction | Horror
- Juvenile Fiction | Social Themes - Bullying
- Juvenile Fiction | Science Fiction - General
Dewey: FIC
LCCN: 2018051971
Age Level: 10-12
Grade Level: 5-7
Lexile Measure: 600 HL (High-Low)
Physical Information: 1.1" H x 5.6" W x 8.4" L (0.75 lbs) 224 pages
Themes:
- Topical - Family
Features: Dust Cover, Ikids, Illustrated, Price on Product
Review Citations: School Library Journal 11/01/2018 pg. 68
Bulletin of Ctr for Child Bks 12/01/2018
Booklist 11/15/2018 pg. 58
Kirkus Reviews 12/01/2018
Horn Book Magazine 01/01/2019 pg. 104
Shelf Awareness 02/22/2019
Hornbook Guide to Children 07/01/2019 - Superior,Well Above Average
Accelerated Reader Info
Quiz #: 501744
Reading Level: 4.3   Interest Level: Middle Grades   Point Value: 5.0
 
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Publisher Description:
In this delightfully creepy novel from Coretta Scott King/John Steptoe New Talent Award winner Ronald L. Smith, twelve-year-old Simon thinks he was abducted by aliens. But is it real, or just his over-active imagination? Perfect for fans of Mary Downing Hahn and Louis Sachar.

Twelve-year-old Simon is obsessed with aliens. The ones who take people and do experiments. When he's too worried about them to sleep, he listens to the owls hoot outside. Owls that have the same eyes as aliens--dark and foreboding.

Then something strange happens on a camping trip, and Simon begins to suspect he's been abducted. But is it real, or just the overactive imagination of a kid who loves fantasy and role-playing games and is the target of bullies and his father's scorn?

Even readers who don't believe in UFOs will relate to the universal kid feeling of not being taken seriously by adults that deepens this deliciously scary tale.


Contributor Bio(s): Smith, Ronald L.: -

Ronald L. Smith is the Coretta Scott King/John Steptoe New Talent Award-winning author of Hoodoo, The Mesmerist, The Owls Have Come to Take Us Away, Gloom Town, and Black Panther: The Young Prince. He lives in Baltimore, Maryland.

www.strangeblackflowers.com
Twitter: @RonSmithbooks.


 
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