'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.
| ISBN: | 9781848531253 |
| Publication date: | 2nd July 2015 |
| Author: | Crystal Chan |
| Publisher: | Tamarind Books an imprint of Penguin Random House Children's UK |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Pagination: | 408 pages |
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'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.
The LoveReading4Kids Editorial Team have read and reviewed Bird and determined it is suitable for children aged 9-12 years old
Bird features in the following genres: Featured Books for 11+ readers, Recommendations, Gritty Reads, Horror & Ghost Stories, Children's and Young Adult Fiction, Children’s, Teenage and Educational, PSHE: Bereavement and Grief, Personal Social Health Economic (PSHE), Stories about Family and Friends, Featured Books for 9+ readers
Paperback, Hardback. £15.29, down from the £16.99 cover price. In Stock.
Bird was written by Crystal Chan and published by Tamarind Books an imprint of Penguin Random House Children's UK
Bird has 408 pages
£15.29, reduced from £16.99. In Stock.
