Thirteen-year-old Opal, grieving her mother's death, moves to Austin with her eccentric uncle and discovers a colony of music-loving bats facing extermination.
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Thirteen-year-old Opal, grieving her mother's death, moves to Austin with her eccentric uncle and discovers a colony of music-loving bats facing extermination.
A National Bestseller! . Includes a beautiful map of Austin on the underside of the jacket! After losing her mother, thirteen-year-old Opal moves in with her uncle Roscoe on the family farm. There, Opal bonds with Uncle Roscoe over music and befriends a group of orphaned, music-loving bats. But just as the farm is starting to feel like home, the bats' cave is destroyed by a big mining company with its sights set on the farmland next. If Opal and the bats can fit in anywhere, it's the nearby city...
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Protagonist visits set of an R-rated movie with adult themes, but no explicit sexual scenes depicted.
Minor conflicts involving prejudice and threats to bats, no graphic violence or gore.
No profanity or strong language present.
No substance use depicted.
No LGBTQIA+ representation present.
No religious themes present.
No witchcraft or occult elements present.
No evidence found in available sources.
Themes of prejudice against outsiders, environmental protection of wildlife, and embracing eccentricity in community.
No self-harm or suicide depicted.
Emotional suffering from parental loss; attempts to exterminate bats via pesticides as animal cruelty.
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