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Along the Arctic Circle lies a small island called Neversink, whose jagged cliffs and ice-gouged rocks are home to a colony of odd-looking seabirds called auks, including one Lockley J. Puffin. With their oceanfront views and plentiful supply of fish, the auks have few concerns--few, save for Lockley's two best friends, Egbert and Ruby, a know-it-all walrus and a sharp-tongued hummingbird.
But all of this is about to change. Rozbell, the newly crowned king of the Owl Parliament, is dealing with a famine on the mainland of Tytonia--and he has long had his scheming eyes on the small colony to the north. Now Neversink's independence hangs in the balance. An insurgence of owls will inevitably destroy life as the auks know it--unless Lockley can do something about it.
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When owls threaten the puffins' way of life on the small island of Neversink along the Arctic Circle, Lockley J. Puffin, helped by a hummingbird and a walrus, sets out to save it.
Critiques (4)
Critique de School Library Journal
Gr 5-7-Lockley Puffin is an oddity among the birds of Neversink Island. Most of the puffins value stability and conformity, preferring not to stand out. Lockley has bigger dreams, and a reputation as a bit of an iconoclast. For one thing, he associates with non-auks, including Egbert, a scholarly but rather pompous walrus, and Ruby, a displaced hummingbird. Moreover, he has been known to question why the puffins have to obey obnoxious edicts from the Parliament of Owls from nearby Tytonia. Although the taxes and fees are a burden, Neversink birds live by the auk motto, "Don't Make Waves." But when evil and unstable Rozbell seizes power among the owls, the demands made on the puffin colony increase dramatically-and dangerously. Appeasing the tyrannical owl and his sinister minions doesn't seem to be working, but will resistance prove even more disastrous? It's up to Lockley and his two friends to save their island home. This animal fantasy makes some interesting points about social and individual responsibility and courage. Unfortunately, the writing style is often difficult to follow. The narrative varies in tone from arch comedy to ponderous mysticism and contains distracting dialogue anachronisms. For example, although the saga is set in a prehuman era, characters use the interjection "duh!" and the verb "off" in the sense of "kill." The action lacks focus, and there are many digressions and side comments that interrupt the story flow. Full-page illustrations appear throughout. For a stronger, more fully realized animal fantasy-world experience, steer readers to Erin Hunter's "Warriors" and "Seekers" series (both, HarperCollins).-Elaine E. Knight, Lincoln Elementary Schools, IL (c) Copyright 2012. Library Journals LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Media Source, Inc. No redistribution permitted.
Critique du Publishers Weekly
Neversink is an island in the Arctic populated by seabirds called auks. They live a peaceful existence, ignoring the forward-thinking ideas of one auk, a puffin named Lockley, and his friends, a walrus named Egbert and a hummingbird named Ruby. But their peaceful life is shattered when Rozbell, an evil owl, gains control of the Owl Parliament, takes over Neversink, and oppresses the auks, leaving Lockley and his friends to save the day. Emrhys Cooper brings engaging and lively narration to the story, and his creative character voices-particularly the droopy, pontificating tones of walrus Egbert and the tough English accents of Rozbell's two henchmen. Ages 8-12. A Walden Pond hardcover. (Sept.) (c) Copyright PWxyz, LLC. All rights reserved.
Critique de Kirkus
(Animal fantasy. 8-12)]] Copyright Kirkus Reviews, used with permission.
Critique de Booklist
Neversink is a history lesson disguised as a comedy wrapped in an animal fantasy. Auks have enjoyed autonomy on the arctic colony of Neversink for generations, but that is all about to change as famine on the neighboring island Tytonia gives a sadistic owl, Rozbill, the opportunity he needs to seize power of the Owl Parliament. It falls upon unlikely hero Lockley J. Puffin, a humble citizen, to shake the inhabitants of Neversink from their complacency in order to fight against the tyranny of the owl invaders. Issues as diverse as taxation without representation, spirit journeys, and even genocide are covered in this story, which reads with the epic ambition of Watership Down, but with laughs. Debut author Wolverton uses humor to keep some of the weightier topics in reach of young readers, and the mythos he has created is both logical and lovely (the story of the goddess Sedna being a particular example). An intelligent, entertaining fantasy with snappy dialogue and well-developed characters, all designed to keep readers engaged to the final, satisfying page.--Dean, Kara Copyright 2010 Booklist
