Extraordinary Birds

For fans of The Thing About Jellyfish, Counting by 7s, and Fish in a Tree, a heartbreaking and hopeful debut novel about a unique young girl on a journey to find home.

December believes she is a bird. The scar on her back is where her wings will sprout, and one day soon, she will soar away. It will not matter that she has no permanent home. Her destiny is in the sky.

But then she's placed with foster mom Eleanor, a kind woman who volunteers at an animal rescue and has secrets of her own. December begins to see that her story could end a different way - but could she ever be happy down on the ground?

In her arresting debut, Sandy Stark-McGinnis offers and inspiring about family, friendship, and finding where you belong.

Binding Type: Hardcover
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Published: 04/30/2019
ISBN: 9781547601004
Pages: 224
Weight: 0.70lbs
Size: 8.50h x 5.80w x 0.80d

Review Citations: Booklist 04/15/2019 pg. 65
Kirkus Reviews 03/01/2019
Bulletin of Ctr for Child Bks 04/01/2019
School Library Journal 04/01/2019 pg. 74
Horn Book Magazine 05/01/2019 pg. 150
Foreword 04/26/2019
Publishers Weekly 05/20/2019
Hornbook Guide to Children 07/01/2019 - Superior,Well Above Average

Accelerated Reader Quiz #/Name: 504139 / Extraordinary Birds
Reading Level: 4.5 / Interest Level: Middle Grade / Point Value: 7