Bird
2004
First Published
3.67
Average Rating
133
Number of Pages
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.
Avg Rating
3.67
Number of Ratings
1,019
5 STARS
24%
4 STARS
33%
3 STARS
32%
2 STARS
9%
1 STARS
2%
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Author
Angela Johnson
Author · 42 books
Librarian Note: There is more than one author in the Goodreads database with this name. Angela Johnson is the author of the Coretta Scott King Honor picture book When I Am Old with You; as well as A Sweet Smell of Roses, illustrated by Eric Velasquez; Just Like Josh Gibson, illustrated by Beth Peck; and I Dream of Trains, which was also illustrated by Loren Long. She has won three Coretta Scott King Awards, one each for her novels Heaven, Toning the Sweep, and The First Part Last. In recognition of her outstanding talent, Angela was named a 2003 MacArthur Fellow. She lives in Kent, Ohio.
