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Bird
Author: Chan, Crystal

Publisher: Atheneum Books for Young Readers (2015)

Classification: Fiction
Physical Description: 298 p., 20 cm

BTSB No: 205851

ISBN: 9781442450899

Ages: 8-12

Grades: 3-7

Subjects:
Superstition -- Fiction
Grief -- Fiction
Family problems -- Fiction
Selective mutism -- Fiction
Racially-mixed people -- Fiction
Iowa -- Fiction

Price: $7.37

Summary:
Twelve-year-old Jewel was born on the day her brother Bird died and lives in a house of silence and secrets, but a new boy in her Iowa town may help find the answers Jewel wants despite her Jamaican grandfather's warning that he is a "duppy," a malevolent spirit.

Accelerated Reader Information:
   Interest Level: MG
   Reading Level: 4.60
   Points: 9.0   Quiz: 165634

Reading Counts Information:
   Interest Level: 6-8
   Reading Level: 4.50
   Points: 14.0   Quiz: 62531

Reviews:
   Kirkus Reviews (11/15/13)
   School Library Journal (00/01/14)
   Booklist (12/01/13)
The Bulletin of the Center for Children's Books (00/03/14)

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