Bird
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Call Number: Y Fiction / Elliott, Zetta
On Shelf At: Downtown Library
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Bird, an artistic young African American boy, expresses himself through drawing as he struggles to understand his older brother's drug addiction and death, while a family friend, Uncle Son, provides guidance and understanding.
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Touching and Lovely submitted by Beth Manuel on June 26, 2015, 9:35am This was a well written story in prose with beautiful artwork. The story of this young boy known as Bird who grapples with the loss of his drug addicted brother while using his artistic abilities to process some of the difficulties as well as the beauty life brings.
PUBLISHED
New York, NY : Lee & Low Books Inc., 2008.
Year Published: 2008
Description: 1 v. (unpaged) : col. ill. ; 25 cm.
Language: English
Format: Book
READING LEVEL
Lexile: 720
ISBN/STANDARD NUMBER
9781600602412
160060241X
ADDITIONAL CREDITS
Strickland, Shadra.
SUBJECTS
Novels in verse.
Death -- Fiction.
Drug abuse -- FIction.
Drawing -- Fiction.
Family life -- Fiction.
African Americans -- Fiction.