Bird, Crystal Chan
Bird, Crystal Chan
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Bird

Author: Crystal Chan

Narrator: Amandla Stenberg

Unabridged: 6 hr 10 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 01/28/2014

Categories: Children's Fiction


Synopsis

Entrenched secrets, mysterious spirits, and an astonishing friendship weave together in this extraordinary and haunting debut.

Nothing matters. Only Bird matters. And he flew away.

Jewel never knew her brother Bird, but all her life she has lived in his shadow. Her parents blame Grandpa for the tragedy of their family’s past; they say that Grandpa attracted a malevolent spirit—a duppy—into their home. Grandpa hasn’t spoken a word since. Now Jewel is twelve, and she lives in a house full of secrets and impenetrable silence.

Jewel is sure that no one will ever love her like they loved Bird, until the night that she meets a mysterious boy in a tree. Grandpa is convinced that the boy is a duppy, but Jewel knows that he is something more. And that maybe—just maybe—the time has come to break through the stagnant silence of the past.

About The Author

Crystal Chan grew up as a mixed-race kid in the middle of the Wisconsin cornfields and has been trying to find her place in the world ever since. She has published articles in several magazines; given talks and workshops across the country; facilitated discussion groups at national conferences; and been a professional storyteller for children and adults alike. In Chicago, where Crystal now lives, you will find her biking along the city streets and talking to her pet turtle. Bird is her first novel.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Ilse on October 27, 2018

Secrets, silence and little lies Joy is like a child… You feed it or it dies. Where was all this joy, and where does joy go when it leaves your family? Does it goes to someone else’s family, soak into the earth, or does it dissolve away like your breath in the winter? And if it doesn’t leave like this......more

Goodreads review by Hannah on September 04, 2024

I think this book was meant for a young audience, but it was too sad. I cannot think of any reason I would ever have any of my kids read this book, unless they were in the same/similar situation as Jewel, which is probably more common than we’d like but also relatively uncommon in the world in gener......more

Goodreads review by Melanie on June 29, 2015

See more reviews at YA Midnight Reads 4.5 stars Bird really surprised me--the writing was absolutely spectacular, I loved the prose so much and I found it hard to put it down because of it. Crystal Chan also mastered the characters. They are perfectly flawed (which sounds awfully contradictory) and I......more

Goodreads review by Emre on August 09, 2018

"Büyükbabam, ağabeyim John'un ölümüne neden olduğu günden sonra bir daha konuşmamış." Sf:7......more

Goodreads review by Greta on December 08, 2023

ich glaube mit diesem buch hab ich damals meine liebe zu büchern gefunden, die weh tun. möchte jetzt mein 11 jähriges ich umarmen......more