Title:
Hollow kingdom : a novel
Personal Author EPSB:
Summary:
"S.T., a domesticated crow, is a bird of simple pleasures. He spends his days hanging out with his owner, Big Jim; trading insults with Seattle's wild crows (i.e. "those idiots"); and enjoying the finest food humankind has to offer: Cheetos. Then Big Jim's eyeball falls out of his head, and S.T. starts to think something's not quite right. His tried-and-true remedies, such as beak-delivered beer and an inventive cocktail of stolen pharmaceuticals, fail to cure Big Jim's debilitating malady. Suddenly, S.T. is left with no choice but to abandon his old life and venture out into the wild and frightening world of Seattle with Big Jim's loyal but dim-witted dog, Dennis. To his shock and horror, he finds Big Jim's neighbors literally devouring one another. Local wildlife is abuzz with rumors of Seattle's dangerous new predators. Humanity's extinction has seemingly arrived, and the only one determined to save it is a cowardly crow whose only knowledge of the world comes from TV. What could possibly go wrong?"--Page 4 of cover.
Year Published:
2019-2020
Physical Description:
320 pages ; 21 cm.
Note:
Includes reading group guide: pages 309-320.
Geographic Term:
ISBN:
9781538745830
Publisher:
New York, NY : Grand Central Publishing, 2020.
©2019