The Owls Have Come to Take Us Away (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9781328841605)

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.

Author: Ronald L. Smith
ISBN-10: 132884160X
ISBN-13: 9781328841605
Publisher: Clarion Books
Language: English
Published: 02/19/2019
Pages: 224
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 0.75lbs
Size: 8.40h x 5.60w x 1.10d

Accelerated Reader:
Reading Level: 4.3
Point Value: 5
Interest Level: Middle Grade
Quiz #/Name: 501744 / Owls Have Come to Take Us Away


Review Citation(s):
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