Neversink

Neversink is a Children's Literature book by Barry Wolverton.

Along the Arctic Circle lies a small island called Neversink, whose jagged cliffs and ice-gouged rocks are home to a colony of odd-looking seabirds called auks, including one Lockley J. Puffin. With their oceanfront views and plentiful supply of fish, the auks have few concerns—few, save for Lockley's two best friends, Egbert and Ruby, a know-it-all walrus and a sharp-tongued hummingbird.

But all of this is about to change. Rozbell, the newly crowned king of the Owl Parliament, is dealing with a famine on the mainland of Tytonia—and he has long had his scheming eyes on the small colony to the north. Now Neversink's independence hangs in the balance. An insurgence of owls will inevitably destroy life as the auks know it—unless Lockley can do something about it.

This book contains examples of:

 * Big Bad: Rozbell.
 * The Dragon: Feathertop the eagle.
 * The Hero's Journey
 * The Napoleon: Rozbell, a pygmy owl.
 * Nice Job Breaking It, Hero: Egbert invites the owls to his birthday party, but Lockley boasts about his wife's food which makes them want to stay.