Call of the Crow

Jessica Khoury, 1990-

Book - 2022

"In the Clandoms, everyone is born with wings, though not all the clans are treated equally. Ellie Meadows longed to become a Goldwing--the knights who protect the people--but because she came from the humble Sparrow Clan, her dream faced almost insurmountable resistance. Nox Hatcher has it even worse. Nox is a Crow, a shattered clan. They can't own businesses or run organizations, all due to a mysterious betrayal made hundreds of years ago. Nox has had to steal and scrape just to survive, but a single goal has kept him going, even when it felt like all the Clandoms were against him. Years ago, his mother was imprisoned for a crime she didn't commit. Now, finally, Nox is going to save her. But there's more to Nox's ...story than even he realizes, a secret that's been kept buried for centuries. And the king of the Clandoms himself is so desperate to conceal it that he's sent a ruthless assassin after Nox and his friends. The four young fugitives must watch every shadow. If they aren't careful, they'll be cut down before they can rescue anyone"--Dust jacket.

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Genres
Fantasy fiction
Published
New York : Scholastic Press 2022.
Language
English
Main Author
Jessica Khoury, 1990- (author)
Edition
First edition
Physical Description
273 pages : map ; 22 cm
ISBN
9781338652420
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Review by Kirkus Book Review

Winged kids fight a trifecta of adversity: a corrupt monarchy, sky-dwelling monsters, and a deadly plague. Jumping in where predecessor Sparrow Rising (2021) left off, Ellie Meadows of the Sparrow clan and Nox Hatcher of the Crow clan are on the run from the villainous King Garion's Goldwing knights and his sadistic assassin, the Hunter. In addition to these foes, they also must hide from the deadly gargols, vicious monsters who live high in the sky and attack from the clouds. Apart from their own troubles, the entire kingdom is afflicted by wingrot, a plague ending either in death or wing amputation. Hoping to hide, Ellie and Nox, along with their friends Gussie and Twig, journey to the remote southern jungles and meet a new friend, Tariel, from the Macaw clan. When Garion's ghouls and the gargols eventually catch up with them, the group begins to uncover ancient secrets that could save them, their kingdom, and those afflicted by wingrot. Khoury's finely wrought and complex fantasy skillfully weaves together narrative threads from the previous work, answering some questions but leaving its reader with an achingly tantalizing cliffhanger. Fast-paced fantasy action drives the narrative but is well balanced by relatable characters, culminating in a sweet tale of found family. Most characters default to White; Tariel and the other jungle residents unfortunately evoke cartoonish tropes about tropical island villagers. A charming flight of fancy. (map, clan information) (Fantasy. 8-12) Copyright (c) Kirkus Reviews, used with permission.

Copyright (c) Kirkus Reviews, used with permission.