Key Selling Points
- Fifteen-year-old Daphne and her family are besieged in their car by homicidal birds while heading to their summer campsite in this horror novel reminiscent of Hitchcock's The Birds.
- This is the fourth book in the Orca Shivers series, a series that will thrill readers with spine-tingling tales of horror, suspense and mystery. These short, fast-paced novels are a great high-interest choice for middle-grade readers.
- The multi-POV narration of the story makes for an exciting, graphic read.
- Author Jocelyn Boisvert got the idea for the book one spring morning while daydreaming. A flock of migratory birds began to swoop and dive overhead, and he started to wonder what would happen if something went wrong—terribly wrong.
THWACK!
Sitting in the backseat of the car, Daphne is dying of boredom just thinking about the two weeks she’s about to spend camping with her family. Suddenly—THWACK! A bird crashes into the windshield. When Daphne’s dad gets out of the car to see if the bird is all right, another one dive-bombs right into his head—and draws blood. Daphne watches in horror as more birds attack, and it isn’t long before a carefree summer day turns into her family’s worst nightmare.
The epub edition of this title is fully accessible.
In this short horror novel for middle-grade readers, fifteen-year-old Daphne and her family are besieged by killer birds while on a family vacation.
