Willodeen

11-year-old Willodeen adores creatures of all kinds but her favourites are the most unlovable beasts in the land: strange beasts known as screechers. The villagers of Perchance call them pests even monsters but Willodeen believes the animals serve a vital role in the complicated web of nature. Perchance has been cursed with fires and mudslides droughts and fevers and even the annual migration of hummingbears a source of local pride and income has dwindled. For as long as anyone can remember the tiny animals have overwintered in shimmering bubble nests perched atop blue willow trees. This year however not a single hummingbear has returned to Perchance and no one knows why. When a handmade birthday gift brings unexpected magic to Willodeen and her new friend Connor shes determined to speak up for the animals she loves and perhaps uncover the answer to the mystery of the missing hummingbears.