The Night Birds

"We all set our sights on the Great American Novel. . . . [Thomas Maltman] comes impressively close to laying his hands on the grail." --The Boston Globe

The intertwining story of three generations of German immigrants to the Midwest--their clashes with slaveholders, the Dakota uprising and its aftermath--is seen through the eyes of young Asa Senger, named for an uncle killed by an Indian friend. It is the unexpected appearance of Asa's aunt Hazel, institutionalized since shortly after the mass hangings of thirty-eight Dakota warriors in Mankato in 1862, that reveals to him that the past is as close as his own heartbeat.

Binding Type: Paperback
Publisher: Soho Press
Published: 05/01/2008
ISBN: 9781569475027
Pages: 384
Weight: 0.99lbs
Size: 8.92h x 6.23w x 1.07d
Award: Spur Awards - Finalist
Award: Spur Awards - Winner
Accelerated Reader Quiz #/Name: 122165 / Night Birds
Reading Level: 6.4 / Interest Level: Upper Grade / Point Value: 21