Black Wings Beating (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9780374306823)

*An NBC Today Show Book Club Pick *
*A Seventeen Magazine Best YA Book of 2018 *
*A Kirkus Best YA Fantasy Book of the Year*
*A We Need Diverse Books 2018 Must-Read*

Epic thrills, heart-punching romance, and a marvel of a hero --Adam Silvera, New York Times-bestselling author of They Both Die at the End

The people of Uztar have long looked to the sky with hope and wonder. Nothing in their world is more revered than the birds of prey and no one more honored than the falconers who call them to their fists.

Brysen strives to be a great falconer--while his twin sister, Kylee, rejects her ancient gifts for the sport and wishes to be free of falconry. She's nearly made it out, too, but a war is rolling toward their home in the Six Villages, and no bird or falconer will be safe.

Together the twins must journey into the treacherous mountains to trap the Ghost Eagle, the greatest of the Uztari birds and a solitary killer. Brysen goes for the boy he loves and the glory he's long craved, and Kylee to atone for her past and to protect her brother's future. But both are hunted by those who seek one thing: power.

In this first young-adult fantasy novel in a trilogy, Alex London launches a soaring saga about the memories that haunt us, the histories that hunt us, and the bonds of blood between us.

Author: Alex London
ISBN-10: 0374306826
ISBN-13: 9780374306823
Publisher: Farrar, Straus and Giroux (Byr)
Language: English
Published: 09/25/2018
Pages: 432
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 1.05lbs
Size: 8.30h x 5.70w x 1.30d

Accelerated Reader:
Reading Level: 5.8
Point Value: 13
Interest Level: Upper Grade
Quiz #/Name: 503076 / Black Wings Beating


Review Citation(s):
Kirkus Reviews 08/01/2018 pg. 172
Booklist 09/01/2018 pg. 106
School Library Journal 10/01/2018 pg. 77
Bulletin of Ctr for Child Bks 12/01/2018
Hornbook Guide to Children 01/01/2019 - Recommended, Satisfactory

About the Author
Alex London is the beloved author of the middle-grade series, Tides of War, Dog Tags, and The Wild Ones. His young-adult novel Proxy, was an ALA Top Ten Quick Pick for Reluctant Readers and was included in their 2014 Best Fiction for Young Adults List, the Texas Lone Star Reading List, and the TAYSHAS Reading List selection, among many other state reading lists. He lives in Philadelphia