Owl in Love
A Teen Romance that nests science with fantasy
Schoolgirl by day, owl by night. . .
Meet Owl Tycho.
I am in love with Mr. Lindstrom, my science teacher. I found out where he lives and every night I perch on a tree branch outside his bedroom window and watch him sleep. He sleeps in his underwear: Fruit of the Loom, size 34.
She is no ordinary teenager with a crush. She is a were-owl which means she has extraordinary hearing, vision, and hunting instincts.
Owl’s hyperfocused intensity makes her a fabulous hero, but it is her shrewd alliance with her classmate Dawn that make this story so touching. Owl has to master trust, friendship, and love in a month — and when she does she soars.
This hilarious tale juggles teen angst, mental illness, genteel poverty, caring for a special needs child, and canny observation of owl and human nature.
I learn something new and wonderful each time I read it. Though Owl’s emotions are all over the place, she is wise beyond her years. She’s researched her infatuation in Seventeen magazine:
Mr. Lindstrom is not a substitute for my father . . . My father is as pale as a potato sprouting in a root cellar; Mr. Lindstrom is red and brown and furry like the flanks of a…
