Publisher's Synopsis
The Island of Morovia is shaped like a broken heart. The humans live on one side of the island, and the alkonosts -- the birdpeople-- live on the other. But it wasn't always this way...Linnet wishes she could sing magic, like her father, Nightingale -- and bring the two sides of her island together again. For herland has been divided by a terrible tragedy, and Linnet has been banished with her father to the deepest swamps, leaving behindher best friends, Hero and Silver.So when her father is captured, Linnet must be brave and embark on a treacherous journey. Through alligator pools and sinkingsands, she finds new friends. Yet without her singing magic, Linnet discovers something even more powerful. Something thatcould save her father, and heal the broken heart of her island once more...
