Bird - Crystal Chan (Paperback)
Description
'Grandpa stopped speaking the day he killed my brother, John. Grandpa kept talking like that, and no one paid him much notice until Bird jumped off a cliff, the cliff at the edge of the tallgrass prairie, the cliff that dropped a good couple hundred feet to a dried-up riverbed below.
Product Details
- Barcode
- 9781848531253
- Department
- Books
- Released
- 2 Jul 2015
- Supply Source
- UK
Book
- Author
- Crystal Chan
- Binding
- Paperback
- Language
- English
- Number of Pages
- 416
- Dimensions
- 198 x 129 x 129mm (287g)
Summary
'Grandpa stopped speaking the day he killed my brother, John. His
name was John until Grandpa said he looked more like a Bird with
the way he kept jumping off things, and the name stuck. Bird's
thick, black hair poked out in every direction, just like the head
feathers of the blackbirds, Grandpa said, and he bet that one day
Bird would fly like one too. Grandpa kept talking like that, and no
one paid him much notice until Bird jumped off a cliff, the cliff
at the edge of the tallgrass prairie, the cliff that dropped a good
couple hundred feet to a dried-up riverbed below. From that day on,
Grandpa never spoke another word. Not one.
The day that Bird tried to fly, the grown-ups were out looking for him - all of them except Mom and Granny. That's because that very day, I was born.'
Twelve-year-old Jewel never knew her brother, but all her life she has lived in his shadow. Then one night, on her birthday, she finds a mysterious boy sitting in her oak tree. His name is John. And he changes everything.
The day that Bird tried to fly, the grown-ups were out looking for him - all of them except Mom and Granny. That's because that very day, I was born.'
Twelve-year-old Jewel never knew her brother, but all her life she has lived in his shadow. Then one night, on her birthday, she finds a mysterious boy sitting in her oak tree. His name is John. And he changes everything.
Juvenile Fiction
- General Subject
- Children's Young Adults
- BISAC Subject 1
- Juvenile Fiction / Social Issues / Friendship
- BISAC Subject 2
- Juvenile Fiction / Social Issues / Death & Dying
- BIC Classification 1
- Classic fiction (Children's / Teenage)
- BIC Classification 2
- Personal & social issues: family issues (Children's / Teenage)
- Dewey Classification
- 813.6
- Readership
- Children / Juvenile
Author Bio
Crystal Chan grew up as a mixed-race kid in the middle of the
Wisconsin cornfields and has been trying to find her place in the
world ever since. She has published articles in several magazines,
given talks and workshops across the country, facilitated
discussion groups at national conferences, and been a professional
storyteller for children and adults alike. In Chicago, where
Crystal now lives, you will find her biking along the city streets
and talking to her pet turtle. Bird is her first novel.