Even as a child, I loved stories about the environment, especially stories where children make difficult decisions to save an animal. So many books I've recently read fit the bill too--book club reads like the Bat series, Trunk Call for Ajju, and, in a very different way, At Least a Fish.Sky Hawk by Gill Lewis is about difficult decisions too. It is another beautiful book, one that I've been meaning to read for ages. It begins slowly, but draws you in, making the loch in which it is set come alive. When Callum and his friends discover Iona--practically an outcast--on Callum's farm, they chase her away. But Callum is uneasy. He meets Iona and thanks to her, he discovers that an osprey is nesting on their land. Callum and Iona know how important it is to keep the osprey secret because all too many people think of it as a game to steal osprey eggs.Yet, when circumstances change, … [Read more...]