Bird

by Angela Johnson

Overview

Devastated by the loss of a second father, thirteen-year-old Bird follows her stepfather from Cleveland to Alabama in hopes of convincing him to come home, and along the way helps two boys cope with their difficulties.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780142405444
Publisher:	Penguin Young Readers Group
Publication date:	01/19/2006
Edition description:	Reprint
Pages:	144
Sales rank:	1,119,867
Product dimensions:	5.00(w) x 7.10(h) x 0.40(d)
Age Range:	10 - 14 Years

About the Author

Angela Johnson is the author of numerous books for children and young adults. She has won three Coretta Scott King Awards for her novels Heaven, Toning the Sweep, and The First Part Last, the Michael L. Printz Award for The First Part Last, and a Coretta Scott King Honor for her picture book When I Am Old with You. In recognition of her outstanding talent, Angela was named a 2003 MacArthur Fellow. She lives in Kent, Ohio.