The Confusion of Laurel Graham, Adrienne Kisner
The Confusion of Laurel Graham, Adrienne Kisner
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The Confusion of Laurel Graham

Author: Adrienne Kisner

Narrator: Laura Nichol

Unabridged: 7 hr 19 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 06/04/2019


Synopsis

A teen copes with her grandmother's coma by becoming obsessed with a mystery bird that she cannot identify in Adrienne Kisner's sharp and poignant YA audiobook, The Confusion of Laurel Graham.

Seventeen-year-old Laurel Graham has a singular, all-consuming ambition in this life: become the most renowned nature photographer and birder in the world. The first step to birding domination is to win the junior nature photographer contest run by prominent Fauna magazine. Winning runs in her blood—her beloved activist and nature-loving grandmother placed when she was a girl.

One day Gran drags Laurel out on a birding expedition where the pair hear a mysterious call that even Gran can’t identify. The pair vow to find out what it is together, but soon after, Gran is involved in a horrible car accident.

Now that Gran is in a coma, so much of Laurel's world is rocked. Her gran's house is being sold, developers are coming in to destroy the nature sanctuary she treasures, and she still can't seem to identify the mystery bird.

Laurel’s confusion isn’t just a group of warblers—it’s about what means the most to her, and what she’s willing to do to fight to save it. Maybe--just maybe-if she can find the mystery bird, it will save her gran, the conservatory land, and herself.

About Adrienne Kisner

Adrienne Kisner has master's and doctorate degrees in theology from Boston University and was inspired by her work with high school and college students to write Dear Rachel Maddow. She is also a graduate of Vermont College of Fine Arts with an MFA in writing for children and young adults. Dear Rachel Maddow is her debut.


Reviews

Goodreads review by McKinlay on June 05, 2019

This was absolutely fantastic. It was heart-warming, laugh out loud funny, sad, beautiful. I loved it. There's a f/f slow-burn romance. And it made me want to go birding. I love animals so this isn't a huge epiphany or anything, but i hate going outside, so that's a thing. Anyway, Adrienne Kisner is......more

Goodreads review by Amanda on December 24, 2023

A cute sapphic young adult romance for the birds (haha get it ;) Laurel is going through a lot in this book and even though (spoiler - the ending is bittersweet) the summer before her senior year isn’t the most ideal - the bird exploration was a nice background to pad this novel up. It discusses a s......more

Goodreads review by Claire on July 14, 2020

This was like 25% cute f/f romance and 75% birdwatching. I was totally there for the f/f romance, but not so much for the birdwatching. Other than playing Wingspan a few times, I have no knowledge of/interest in American avian wildlife so I think that made this not the ideal choice of book for me. T......more

Goodreads review by Stephanie on April 27, 2022

This was a cute YA novel! I gave it 4 stars because I could've gone on without the use of the F word so much. I enjoyed getting to follow Laurel and see her love for her family and birds grow, as well as watching Laurel mature a bit more throughout the story. There was a lot of talk about birds thro......more

Goodreads review by Lynn on July 30, 2019

There were so many enticing elements here that drew me to the book: activism, birding, nature photography, warm relationship with a grandmother. But despite my earnest efforts to enjoy this, I was very put off by the voice of the narrator. It never rang true to me and there was a casual flippancy th......more