Description

A New York Times Editor s Choice and a Best Book of the Year in the Globe and Mail, Publishers Weekly, Horn Book, School Library Journal and The Wall Street Journal , called a masterpiece ( Globe and Mail ) and now in paperback She was very blurry, not at all human looking. There were huge dark eyes, and a kind of mane made of light, and when she spoke, I couldn t see a mouth moving, but I felt her words, like a breeze against my face, and I understood her completely. We ve come because of the baby, she said. We ve come to help. In this beautiful, menacing novel, perfect for fans of Neil Gaiman s Coraline , an anxious boy becomes convinced that angels will save his sick baby brother. But these are creatures of a very different kind, and their plan for the baby has a twist. Layer by layer, the boy unravels the truth about his new friends as the time remaining to save his brother ticks down. With evocative and disquieting illustrations by Caldecott Medal- and Governor General s Award-winning artist Jon Klassen, The Nest is an unforgettable journey into one boy s deepest insecurities and darkest fears.