Rocco's Wings

Middle Grade (9 - 12 year old) Fantasy Fiction. Rocco is the only villager with wings. His wings are blue, and at night also bioluminescent (glowing). Rocco is captured by urvogels (winged human-like creatures) living on the cliffs of Upper Terrakesh. He witnesses the horrid punishment of urvogels getting their wings cut off - punishment for so-called vanity crimes. Private reading, music making and other solitary enjoyments are strictly forbidden as contrary to flock principles. Rocco’s new friends, Basalt, Vesta, Magna and Iggy are about to stand trial. If convicted, they will lose their wings. Rocco must decide if he should help them, or escape on his own. A fast moving tale of survival and adventure, this middle-grade novel follows Rocco’s struggle with grief and loss. Rocco’s Wings is the debut novel of Canadian lawyer, Rebecca Murdock.