Bound To Stay Bound

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 Nox winters and the midnight wolf (Nox Winters Chronicles)
 Author: Hassan, Rochelle

 Publisher:  Harper (2024)

 Classification: Fiction
 Physical Description: 351 p.,  22 cm

 BTSB No: 424338 ISBN: 9780063314573
 Ages: 8-12 Grades: 3-7

 Subjects:
 Fantasy fiction
 Magic -- Fiction
 Cryptozoology -- Fiction
 Diseases -- Fiction
 Forests and forestry -- Fiction
 Supernatural -- Fiction
 Maine -- Fiction

Price: $24.48

Summary:
Motivated by desperation and brotherhood, a boy must venture deep into the Nightwood to find a cure for his mysteriously sick brother.


Reviews:
   Kirkus Reviews (+) (07/15/24)
   Booklist (09/15/24)

Full Text Reviews:

Booklist - 09/15/2024 Nox won’t be apart from his twin, Noah, because then he can’t help Noah fight the illness eating him alive. Their prior separation threw Nox into fits of rage at school, getting him expelled for beating up bullies. When Nox joins Noah at a cabin in Maine’s northern woods, he catches an eerie presence, like the ghost of a wolf, creeping through the window after midnight and hovering over Noah. Fearing it’s the cause of Noah’s suffering, Nox vows to destroy the wolf and one night follows it deep into the woods. He discovers that the wolf comes from a world of eternal night that many beings call home—a home, Nox learns, that was once his and his brother’s, a place where his anger has power. Hassan paints a beautifully dark world with truly haunting details; sensitive readers beware. While the prose is enchanting and the mystery absorbing, the resolution for Nox is a little tidy, somewhat undermining his struggle with anger. Still, fans of darker themes will find much to enjoy here. - Copyright 2024 Booklist.

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