The Someday Birds

Name: The Someday Birds
Brand: Tantor Audio
Availability: InStock
Author: Sally J. Pla
ISBN: 9781705241462

Author: Sally J. Pla

Narrator: James Fouhey

Unabridged: 6 hr 49 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Tantor Media

Published: 07/21/2020

Categories: Children's Fiction

Synopsis

The Someday Birds is a debut middle grade novel perfect for fans of Counting by 7s and Fish in a Tree, filled with humor, heart, and chicken nuggets.

Charlie's perfectly ordinary life has been unraveling ever since his war journalist father was injured in Afghanistan.

When his father heads from California to Virginia for medical treatment, Charlie reluctantly travels cross-country with his boy-crazy sister, unruly brothers, and a mysterious new family friend. He decides that if he can spot all the birds that he and his father were hoping to see someday along the way, then everything might just turn out okay.

Debut author Sally J. Pla has written a tale that is equal parts madcap road trip, coming-of-age story for an autistic boy who feels he doesn't understand the world, and an uplifting portrait of a family overcoming a crisis.

About Sally J. Pla

Sally J. Pla is the author of The Someday Birds (her debut novel) and Stanley Will Probably Be Fine. She has English degrees from Colgate and Penn State and has worked as a business journalist and in public education. She has three sons, a husband, and an enormous, fluffy dog and lives near lots of lemon trees in Southern California.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Merriam on September 22, 2016

As a psychotherapist who specializes in working with the Austism Spectrum, I am always a bit nervous to read novels that reflect ASD characters. Authors with the best of intentions don’t always get it right, leaving readers with many misconceptions. Sally Pla not only gets it right, but she does so......more

Goodreads review by Jess on February 27, 2017

Disclaimer: I was sent this book by the author in exchange for an honest review. I'm absolutely blown away by the perfection of this book. This is an amazing debut novel and I hope that Sally J. Pla writes many more books in the future! (I WILL READ ALL OF THEM!) THE SOMEDAY BIRDS is about Charlie, a......more

Goodreads review by Margie on April 15, 2017

This story is for middle-school children but the use of two unnecessary swear words by the grandmother at the beginning made me hesitate to read this book. But I'm glad I continued, no more foul language, and a delightful story through and through for any age. Without the harsh swear words, which I......more

Goodreads review by Jenn on March 12, 2017

I have a feeling this will hang on as one of my favorite MGs of the year. Truly a beautiful story with rich and memorable characters.......more

Goodreads review by Lynda on September 20, 2016

The experience of reading The Someday Birds is intense and intensely satisfying. Within the first few pages you fall for the main character, Charlie, who narrates the tale. Charlie is a reluctant hero, dragged into a journey, travelling across the country in a vintage RV named Old Bessie along with......more