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Rocco's Wings (Tales of Terrakesh) Paperback – December 8, 2014

by Rebecca Merry Murdock (Author), Andrea Yanini Aliani (Author), Kalen Chock (Illustrator)

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Foreword Reviews' 2015 INDIEFAB Book of the Year Award Finalist!

Early praise for Rocco's Wings: "This book was a delightful find, coming of age and a hidden message about tolerance undercut an impassioned story and solid writing." - David Robert Lewis, UK, Netgalley Book Reviewer, January 16, 2015. Rocco is the only villager with wings. His wings are blue and at night, also bioluminescent. Rocco is captured by the beautiful but cruel urvogels (winged human-like creatures) living on the cliffs of Upper Terrakesh. He witnesses the terrible punishment of urvogels having their wings cut off. Queen Harpia has decreed that private reading and music making are crimes - contrary to flock or colony principles. Rocco's new friends, Basalt, Vesta, Magma and Iggy are facing trial. If convicted they may lose their wings. Rocco must decide to risk everything in helping them, or escape on his own.

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December 8, 2014
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6 x 0.61 x 9 inches
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0992041333
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This book was a delightful find, coming of age and a hidden message about tolerance undercut an impassioned story and solid writing. - David Lewis, UK. --Netgalley

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Rebecca Murdock is a lawyer in Vancouver, Canada. Rocco's Wings is her debut novel. A portion of all book sales is donated to protecting wild habitats.

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Publisher ‏ : ‎ Bark and Howl Press Ltd. (December 8, 2014)
Language ‏ : ‎ English
Paperback ‏ : ‎ 268 pages
ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 0992041333
ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-0992041335
Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 12.8 ounces
Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 6 x 0.61 x 9 inches

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Charles A. Ray

A coming of age story for readers of all ages

Reviewed in the United States on October 4, 2015

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Rocco is the only being in his village with wings, making him an outcast. Worse, at night, his wings glow a luminescent blue, which can attract the attention of the Urvogels, beings who live on the upper levels of the land. An explorer by nature, Rocco decides to fly to the upper levels. There he finds others who, like him, are winged, but the society there is oppressive. Rocco witnesses others having their wings cut off for what wouldn’t be considered violations at the lower levels.
Rocco’s Wings by Rebecca Merry Murdock is a brilliantly written coming of age tale of love, honor, and bravery, that follows Rocco as he forms bonds with other young beings like himself, youngsters who just want the freedom to think for themselves. A heartwarming story that will appeal to readers of all ages.

Reviewed in the United States on March 8, 2015

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This is an abridged version of the complete review as it appears (http://ianwoodnovellum.blogspot.com/2015/03/roccos-wings-by-rebecca-merry-murdoch.html) at my blog dedicated to reading, writing (no 'rithmatic!), movies, & TV.

I almost selected this, but I changed my mind thinking I wouldn't like it; then I read something else by this author and I really liked that, so I went back and picked this one. I wasn't impressed with it, which surprised me because I really liked the other thing I read: Wild cats Volume One. I lost interest in this one about a third the way in and skimmed the rest just to see if it turned around. It didn't.

Of course, this isn't aimed at me - it's aimed at middle-grade (at least as judged by the writing level), and maybe they will like it, but I have to warn you if you're a parent or guardian, that the story is seriously brutal and gory in places with prolonged pages of bullying. This didn't appeal to me, although the story was one of rebellion by the subjugated against the evil overlords, so there was a kind of justification for it.

The story is about a race of people (who, from the sparse illustrations are evidently humanoid despite their traits, who live in the valleys, overseen by the urvogel people - a race of humanoid flying creatures - kinda like angels, I guess. One of the lowland women mated with one of the urvogels and the offspring was Rocco - an angel with blue wings, who comes in as an outsider and wins the affections of the urvogel youth, who then rebel with him.

The worst thing of all for me was the exclusion of females - and this in a novel by a female author! The main character (and hero) Rocco, is male, and this story is very much aimed at a male audience. There are female characters in it, and the "bad guy" is female, but there really is only one token girl (again, I skimmed a lot of this so I may have missed something) who plays any sort of significant rôle in the story) other than the aforementioned bad guy).

I know this is (evidently) aimed at young males, but even so there's a real need for serious female representation. The author says, in the acknowledgements, that she spent four years on this novel, and I find it unacceptable that this isn't written better and doesn't have more female representation. I don't care if it is aimed at young boys. That's still no excuse for excluding half the population from any kind of reasonable representation. The glass ceiling doesn't just exist in industry, it exists from birth and it needs to be smashed as early as possibly. That's the main reason why I'm rating this negatively.

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S. Mahaffey

Excellent!

Reviewed in the United States on June 9, 2015

Rocco has wings -- the only one in his village. He is bullied daily by his schoolmates. His mother does her best to help Rocco deal with his wings. Rocco has discover other beings like him but not like him. They are urvogels -- looking like humans but they also have wings. One day his mother is killed and he is taken by the urvogels to the village of urvogels he has been spying on. He meets the queen who decides he may be a member of their village even though he is half human and half urvogel. He must learn a new set of rules to live in this community. When he discovers the penalty for breaking a law, he is horrified and decides to leave before discovering what his new friends have planned. What will Rocco do? What is their plan?

A fantastic novel to read for any age! Besides being pure enjoyment for me to read, I also saw several themes within this novel. Rocco has a problem with trust, but he is not the only one. Other subjects written about was lack of tolerance, bullies, death, and coming of age. The author has included these so well that while I was aware of these, I was not "punched" in the face with them. I look forward to reading the next book.

Disclaimer: I received an arc of this book free from the author/publisher from Netgalley. I was not obliged to write a favorable review, or even any review at all. The opinions expressed are strictly my own.

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An Epic start to a new fantasy series

Reviewed in the United States on February 17, 2015

Set in the world called Terrakesh, humans and Urvogels live. The main difference between the two species is that Urvogels have wings. Rocco, however, has a human Mum and his father was a warrior Urvogel though he died before Rocco could get to know him. This has meant that Rocco has never been totally accepted in the human world, often being the victim of bullying, because he is a hybrid, a mammal with wings. He loves to fly and one day, escaping bullies, he accidentally flies to a Urvogel stronghold where he gives in to the temptation to look what life is like there, spying on children of around his own age but avoiding the notice of their security forces. This visit leads to tragedy, his capture and return to actually live there under threat of being killed should he try to escape. He makes friends with Basalt, Vesta, Magma and Iggy, learning more about their lives and how cruel their leaders are. I’d certainly not be happy in their society where quiet, solitary reading, playing musical instruments for your own pleasure and the like are called vanity crimes, punishable by having your wings cruelly cut off, expulsion or death. When he learns what the leaders plan for him, he decides to escape with some of his new friends and the tale of survival, adventure, war and heroism commences big time! There are some fantastic illustrations in the book, too.

This is a fantastic, fast moving story that is the first book in a new series that is aimed at middle-graders but is also a great read for adults, too! I thoroughly enjoyed it and have no hesitation in highly recommending it!

Thanks to the author, publishers and NetGalley, too, for letting me read this book in exchange for an honest review.

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