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In the Company of Owls NewSouth Books Aaron Cash and his sister Shelley live on a dairy farm in Tennessee. Their neighbor Morgan Blackburn raises beef cattle—and runs an illegal still. When Aaron and his father Nate discover the still, Blackburn chases them away with gunshots. After Nate refuses to sell his land, Blackburn resorts to increasingly threatening acts. Aaron and Shelley find themselves caught in the struggle between the two men. The conflict leads to a final confrontation in which Aaron must make the most difficult decision of his life.
Reviews “As eleven-year-old Aaron Cash discovers, the bewilderment of opaque evil intrudes on even the most bucolic of childhoods. His story, and Huggins’s graceful telling of it, sneak up as quietly as a spring shower, but startle as fiercely as a copperhead strike.” “Packed with danger, humor, and wisdom. Aaron is a well-drawn Southern hero.” “In the Company of Owls includes the reader in the adventures, mishaps, and mischiefs of Aaron, an eleven-year-old on a dairy farm in Tennessee. Near the farm comes a danger Aaron meets head on. His quick thinking saves his father’s life but causes him to make a decision that changes his own life. The illustrations, woodcuts by Paula Koz, enrich the story.” “An engaging story filled with vivid details and a valuable message about how fragile life really is. Also a good story to spark discussion on gun safety.” “Siblings Aaron and Shelley turn detectives, but learn that sleuthing out evil isn’t simple, that stumbling into truth involves uncovering many layers of good and bad.” “Peter Huggins’s poetic background is evident in this novel that employs both brevity and depth to tell a story that isn’t afraid to show humans as the complex beings they are. In the Company of Owls takes the reader into the dark world of owls and leaves us standing in the light. Morgan Blackburn is a character you won’t forget soon.”
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