num_pages: 336
description: A story told in alternating perspectives about a down-on-her-luck girl who rescues a baby owl and how the two set each other free. Great horned owl Rufus is eight months old and still cant hunt. When his mother is hit by a car he discovers just how dangerous the forest can be. Reenie has given up on adults and learned how to care for herselfa good thing since shes sent to live with an aunt shes never met. Yet this aunt has a wonderful secret: shes a falconer who agrees to help Reenie catch an injured passage hawk in the wild and rehabilitate it. When Reenie traps bedraggled Rufus his eyes lock onto her heart and they form a powerful friendship. But can Rufus learn to trust in the outside world and fly free? And can Reenie open her heart enough to truly soar?
language: English
title: Of a Feather
publisher: Clarion Books