Rocco is the only villager with wings. His wings are blue, and at night also bioluminescent. Tragedy strikes. Rocco is captured by urvogels (winged human-like creatures) living on the cliffs of Upper Terrakesh. He witnesses the horrid punishment of urvogels getting their wings cut off - punishment for so-called vanity crimes. Private reading, music making and other solitary indulgences are strictly forbidden. Rocco’s new friends, Basalt, Vesta, Magna and Iggy are about to stand trial. If convicted, they will lose their wings. Rocco must decide if he should help them, or pursue his own escape.

A fast moving tale of survival and adventure, Rocco’s Wings also follows its young protagonist’s struggle with loss and grief.

Rocco’s Wings is the debut novel of Canadian lawyer, Rebecca Murdock.

Genre: Middle Grade, Pre-Teen