Birdy
By Sharon Kernot
Harry Hartog's review
Another beautiful teen fiction verse novel, Sharon does not disappoint. The use of verse to tell a heart breaking story filled with familiar issues for teens is a delight. The novel is about growing up in this world of social media trauma and the way the protagonist can figure it out with help from family, new friends and even strangers. Sharon's first book "The Art of Taxidermy" is also on my highly recommended reads, and also a bonus that she is from my home town of Adelaide. - Tricia, Harry Hartog Burnside
Description
Maddy is mute. Since the Incident she has barely spoken. And now she and her mother and brother are staying in a farmhouse on an old apricot orchard not far from town. It's a chance to rest and recuperate - or a way to hide further away from the world.
Alice is waiting. Since Birdy, her darling daughter, disappeared forty-five years ago, she has sat in her house waiting for her to come home. Alice says Maddy reminds her of Birdy, and Maddy feels a strange connection to the long-lost girl. In the quiet not-speaking and waiting, amid the clutter of the old woman's house, Maddy and Alice slowly become friends. Until Maddy takes something that's not hers.
Birdy is a tender warm-hearted verse novel about the pain of loss and shame, the beauty of words, and the healing power of small acts of kindness.
- ISBN:
- 9781922790606
- Format:
- Paperback / softback
- Pages:
- 240
- Published:
- Publisher:
- Text Publishing
- Imprint:
- The Text Publishing Company