The Order of Jackdaw

Reading is 12-year-old Taaniel’s favorite activity, and he especially likes fantasy books. When Taaniel falls asleep while reading one night and wakes up with a mark on his cheek from the book, the events that took place meanwhile seem like a strange dream at first. What else could you call a prophecy of civilization’s downfall given by human-sized jackdaws in a gray city of asphalt? But when the boy notices a glass sphere filled with curling green fog and a scrap of paper covered in ciphers next to the book, he realizes that the dream was real. Sharing the story with a friend leads to founding the Order of the Jackdaw, in which kids young and old alike have an important role to play. Their mission is to ensure that the city is a nice environment for everyone: humans, plants, and animals alike.