When his winter stores fall down the drain, Noah the inventive blackbird flies out in search of food. Noah and his companion Trudy have nothing else to help them but their wits. Battling against all kinds of dangers, eventually they find a plentiful source of food... only to discover that it is guarded by Oswald the owl. Will the foragers escape?

 

 

This book has been graded for interest at 7-9 years.

There are 166 pages in this book.

It is aimed at Young Adult readers. The term Young Adult (YA) is used for books which have the following characteristics: (1) aimed at ages 12-18 years, US grades 7-12, UK school years 8-15, (2) around 50-75k words long, (3) main character is aged 12-18 years, (4) topics include self-reflection, internal conflict vs external, analyzing life and its meaning, (5) point of view is often in the first person, and (6) swearing, violence, romance and sexuality are allowed.

This book was published in 2006 by Troubador Publishing .

Peter Wilks likes rock music and has studied Law. In his spare time he carries out research for his writing projects and enjoys acting. He lives in Birmingham.