When Young Tawny finds herself searching for her identity, she learns to connect with friends and sees the ones who accept her and care for her as family. Young Tawny: The Owl in Borrowed is a delightful children's novel about social inclusion and learning to connect with those around you. Kevin McEvoy Herlihy writes about two socially distant worlds, the frozen world of penguins who thrive on the ice and the wooded forests of the mainland where a variety of birds band and flock together to support each other. After Young Tawny is ostracized by her penguin community for hatching and growing up to appear too different from her family and friends, she sets out to the mainland where she finds herself surrounded by a community of owls, seagulls, and even macaws.

Young Tawny: the owl in Borrowed is a wonderful beginning novel for young readers who thrive on travel, adventure, and finding new worlds through reading while still holding onto the invisible yet present bonds of family and friends.

Adorable story about a sweet little owl and its adventures. Making friends with penguins, seagulls and others, a great story line, cute graphics & a sweet book for young children. Thank you NetGalley for this wonderful ARC

Sat down to read one chapter of this with my kiddo but he asked to keep going and before we knew it we had finished! I think it’s safe to say it was a hit. Tawny was such a cutie and we loved her adventure to find where she comes from and who she really is.