Twelve-year-old Corvus Featherstone or Twitch as he is known is a nature lover, especially birds. He has lots of birds including a pigeon family that he is trying to train the young to be homing pigeons.

Twitch enjoys spending time with his bird friends far more than human ones, which makes him an easy target for the school bullies. His favourite place to watch the birds is in Aves Woods but on the first day of the school holidays, the place is crawling with police.

A dangerous criminal, Robber Ryan, has escaped from a nearby prison and was last seen nearby the woods. The rumours grow that Ryan hid his five-million robbery money in the woods and he is looking to retrieve it.

The woods is a vast land and Twitch knows the area like no other. Can he help catch Ryan?

Twitch is a fun adventure middle-grade book featuring a wonderful young lad who has found his passion in life, birds. He loves looking after them, watching them and he wants to work with them when he is older. He has a good head on his shoulders, is caring, loyal, and helpful.

Twitch has a good relationship with the older people in his life including his mother, newsagent, neighbour, and newcomer to town Billie. He doesn’t have a good relationship with his peers though who just see him as this weird kid they can easily bully.

The plot is fast-paced, easy to read, and enjoyable. It is filled with exciting scenes and scenes that show how the power of nature can be uplifting and is also vitally important. It will hopefully make the reader understand birds more and enjoy them nearly as much as Twitch does.