Bibliograph

Birdie, Eileen Spinelli

Type

Label

Birdie, Eileen Spinelli

Language

eng

Index

no index present

Literary Form

fiction

Main title

Birdie

Medium

electronic resource

Nature of contents

dictionaries

Responsibility statement

Eileen Spinelli

Summary

A relatable novel-in-verse about loss... and what happens afterwards Twelve-year-old Birdie Briggs loves birds. They bring her comfort when she thinks about her dad, a firefighter who was killed in the line of duty. Life without her dad isn't easy, but at least Birdie still has Mom and Maymee, and her friends Nina and Martin. But then Maymee gets a boyfriend, Nina and Martin start dating, and Birdie's mom starts seeing a police officer. And suddenly not even her beloved birds can lift Birdie's spirits. Her world is changing, and Birdie wishes things would go back to how they were before. But maybe change, painful as it is, can be beautiful too. With compelling verse and a lighthearted touch, Eileen Spinelli captures the poignancy of adolescence and shows what can happen when you let people in

Target audience

juvenile

Classification