Bird - Crystal Chan (CD/Spoken Word)
Product Details
- Barcode
- 9780804167741
- Department
- Books
- Released
- 28 Jan 2014
- Supply Source
- UK
Book
- Binding
- CD/Spoken Word
- Publisher
- Listening Library
- Edition
- Unabridged
- Language
- English
- Dimensions
- 152 x 133 x 32mm (163g)
Annotation
Twelve-year-old Jewel was born on the day her brother Bird died and
lives in a house of silence and secrets, but a new boy in her Iowa
town may help find the answers Jewel wants despite her Jamaican
grandfather's warning that he is a "duppy," a malevolent spirit.
Summary
Entrenched secrets, mysterious spirits, and an astonishing
friendship weave together in this extraordinary and haunting
debut.
Nothing matters. Only Bird matters. And he flew away.
Jewel never knew her brother Bird, but all her life she has lived in his shadow. Her parents blame Grandpa for the tragedy of their family’s past; they say that Grandpa attracted a malevolent spirit—a duppy—into their home. Grandpa hasn’t spoken a word since. Now Jewel is twelve, and she lives in a house full of secrets and impenetrable silence.
Jewel is sure that no one will ever love her like they loved Bird, until the night that she meets a mysterious boy in a tree. Grandpa is convinced that the boy is a duppy, but Jewel knows that he is something more. And that maybe—just maybe—the time has come to break through the stagnant silence of the past.
Nothing matters. Only Bird matters. And he flew away.
Jewel never knew her brother Bird, but all her life she has lived in his shadow. Her parents blame Grandpa for the tragedy of their family’s past; they say that Grandpa attracted a malevolent spirit—a duppy—into their home. Grandpa hasn’t spoken a word since. Now Jewel is twelve, and she lives in a house full of secrets and impenetrable silence.
Jewel is sure that no one will ever love her like they loved Bird, until the night that she meets a mysterious boy in a tree. Grandpa is convinced that the boy is a duppy, but Jewel knows that he is something more. And that maybe—just maybe—the time has come to break through the stagnant silence of the past.
Juvenile Fiction
- General Subject
- Juvenile Grades 4-6 Ages 9-11
- BISAC Subject 1
- Juvenile Fiction / Family / Siblings
- BISAC Subject 2
- Juvenile Fiction / Family / Multigenerational
- Library Subject 1
- Superstition; Fiction.
- Library Subject 2
- Grief; Fiction.
- Library Subject 3
- Family problems; Fiction.
- Academic Subject 1
- Children's Fiction / General
- Dewey Classification
- [Fic]