{"product_id":"summer-bird-blue-9781481487757","title":"Summer Bird Blue","description":"\u003cb\u003e\"A lyrical novel about grief, love, and finding oneself in the wake of a tragic loss.\" --\u003ci\u003eBustle\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003e\"Gorgeous prose and heartbreaking storytelling.\" --\u003ci\u003ePaste Magazine\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003e\"Grabs your heart and won't let go.\" --\u003ci\u003eBook Riot\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eA \u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews \u003c\/i\u003eBest Book of the Year\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eThree starred reviews for this stunning novel about a mixed-race teen who struggles to find her way back to her love of music in the wake of her sister's death, from the author of the William C. Morris Award finalist \u003ci\u003eStarfish\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eRumi Seto spends a lot of time worrying she doesn't have the answers to everything. What to eat, where to go, whom to love. But there is one thing she is absolutely sure of--she wants to spend the rest of her life writing music with her younger sister, Lea. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThen Lea dies in a car accident, and her mother sends her away to live with her aunt in Hawaii while she deals with her own grief. Now thousands of miles from home, Rumi struggles to navigate the loss of her sister, being abandoned by her mother, and the absence of music in her life. With the help of the \"boys next door\"--a teenage surfer named Kai, who smiles too much and doesn't take anything seriously, and an eighty-year-old named George Watanabe, who succumbed to his own grief years ago--Rumi attempts to find her way back to her music, to write the song she and Lea never had the chance to finish. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAching, powerful, and unflinchingly honest, \u003ci\u003eSummer Bird Blue \u003c\/i\u003eexplores big truths about insurmountable grief, unconditional love, and how to forgive even when it feels impossible.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Simon \u0026amp; Schuster Books for Young Readers\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 09\/11\/2018\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781481487757\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 384\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.01lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.30h x 5.70w x 1.40d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eReview Citations: \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003ci\u003eBooklist\u003c\/i\u003e 06\/01\/2018 pg. 95\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e 07\/01\/2018 pg. 171\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eSchool Library Journal\u003c\/i\u003e 08\/01\/2018 pg. 71\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eBulletin of Ctr for Child Bks\u003c\/i\u003e 09\/01\/2018\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews Fall Preview\u003c\/i\u003e 08\/15\/2018 pg. 73\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eBookPage\u003c\/i\u003e 09\/01\/2018\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eVoice of Youth Advocates\u003c\/i\u003e 10\/01\/2018 - Recommended - Better Than Most\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 10\/08\/2018\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eHornbook Guide to Children\u003c\/i\u003e 01\/01\/2019 - Recommended, Satisfactory\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAccelerated Reader Quiz #\/Name: \u003c\/b\u003e198615 \/ Summer Bird Blue\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReading Level:\u003c\/b\u003e 4.6 \/ \u003cb\u003eInterest Level:\u003c\/b\u003e Middle Grade Plus \/ \u003cb\u003ePoint Value:\u003c\/b\u003e 12\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Akemi Dawn Bowman","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43059820757173,"sku":"9781481487757","price":16.14,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/files\/img_436de875-8979-4dff-be56-30ecdd281d77.jpg?v=1690298912","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/summer-bird-blue-9781481487757","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}