 Anxious, OCD-ridden, pre-adolescent Steve has a new baby brother who has congenital health problems. The baby needs surgery and may never be completely normal. Steve’s parents are pre-occupied with the baby and Steve starts to have dreams and nightmares with angels/wasps who promise that they can grow a new, healthy baby to replace his sickly newborn brother. And at the same time, a wasps’ nest is rapidly growing outside the baby’s bedroom window. Scientific information about wasps is woven into Steve’s first-person perspective. Black and white graphite drawings add to the mood of this very intense, intriguing, and scary story that will appeal to fans of Neil Gaiman mjw |
| Title: The Nest Author: Kenneth Oppel Illustrator: John Klassen Publisher: Simon and Schuster Books for Young Readers Copyright: 2015 Original Language: English ISBN: 978-1-4814-3232-0 Hardcover pages: 256 Age range: 10 up Genre: Fiction Book setting: Canada (Toronto) Author’s ethnicity: Canadian Author’s residence: Toronto, Canada Illustrator’s ethnicity: Canadian Illustrator’s residence: Los Angeles, California, USA Awards: Author has won the Canadian Governor General’s Literary Award. Illustrator has won the Caldecott Medal Subjects: Babies, Changelings, Ghost stories, Horror stories, Infants, Paranormal fiction, Special needs, Supernatural, Wasps |
The Nest
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