Dana’s father just lost his job as an ornithologist at the University of Arizona. They are now living in a trailer park. He gets an offer from a Mrs. Mayfair in Alberta, Canada to catalog all the birds on her estate. But why does Dana suddenly start having dreams about birds of ill omen, birds with dark wings shadowing the landscape? When she gets to Canada she meets a boy her own age. But for some reason he has never left the estate. In fact, she finds that she and the family aren’t going anywhere very fast either. It begins to resemble a prison. Her new friend Michael tells her a dark secret that will make your hair stand up on end when you read this young adult thriller novel, Dark Wings.