The Nest

Oppel, K. (2015). The Nest. NY: Simon and Schuster Books for Young Readers

Steven is a young boy who lives with his parents, sister and baby brother Theo. Steven knows that his parents worry about Theo, because Theo was born with a lot of physical problems. He sees the worry in his parents eyes. He starts to have nightmares that seem so real. He dreams about wasps and a dark figure. Then one day he gets stung by a wasp and learns that he is allergic to their venom. In the dream he talks to the queen wasp and she promises to fix Theo. Steven then finds out that the queen plans to replace Theo with another baby. That is when Steven takes charge and fights the queen and saves his brother Theo.

I loved this book. I really enjoyed the plot and the characters.