Night Wings (12 page)

JOSEPH BRUCHAC
is the author of
SKELETON MAN, THE RETURN OF SKELETON MAN, BEARWALKER, THE DARK POND
, and
WHISPER IN THE DARK
, as well as numerous other critically acclaimed novels, poems, and stories, many drawing on his Abenaki heritage. Mr. Bruchac and his wife, Carol, live in upstate New York, in the same house where he was raised by his grandparents. You can visit him online at www.josephbruchac.com.

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Skeleton Man

The Return of Skeleton Man

Whisper in the Dark

The Dark Pond

Bearwalker

Jacket art © 2009 by Sally Wern Comport

Jacket design by Ray Shappell

NIGHT WINGS
. Text copyright © 2009 by Joseph Bruchac. Illustrations copyright © 2009 by Sally Wern Comport. All rights reserved under International and Pan-American Copyright Conventions. By payment of the required fees, you have been granted the non-exclusive, non-transferable right to access and read the text of this e-book on-screen. No part of this text may be reproduced, transmitted, down-loaded, decompiled, reverse engineered, or stored in or introduced into any information storage and retrieval system, in any form or by any means, whether electronic or mechanical, now known or hereinafter invented, without the express written permission of HarperCollins e-books.

Adobe Digital Edition May 2009 ISBN 978-0-06-191950-3

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