The Horn Book Guide

OLDER FICTION

Moeyaert, Bart

Hornet's Nest

127 pp. | Front | August, 2000 | Trade ISBN 1-886910-48-0 $$15.95

(2) YA Translated by David Colmer. Fourteen-year-old Susanna's father was killed by a hunter's stray bullet seven years ago, and her mother is still ravaged by grief. In their tightly contained community, the barking of dogs ignites a village feud, and while an attractive stranger advises Susanna to leave, she longs for reconciliation within her own village. Complex and enigmatic, this is a book whose powerful themes and open ending could provoke discussion among thoughtful readers.

Reviewer: Joanna Rudge Long | Horn Book Magazine Issue: November, 2000