Crystal Chan

Bird

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

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.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Atheneum Books
• Seitenzahl: 304
• Altersempfehlung: 8 bis 12 Jahre
• Erscheinungstermin: 28. Januar 2014
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 216mm x 144mm x 32mm
• Gewicht: 399g
• ISBN-13: 9781442450899
• ISBN-10: 1442450894
• Artikelnr.: 38605482

Autorenporträt

Crystal Chan

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"Jewel's observant reflections on her rural-Iowa world give this debut its considerable charm...the strong opening bodes well for future endeavors." Kirkus Reviews, November 2013

The extraordinary debut novel by Crystal Chan juggles a possible suicide, a mute and terrifying grandfather, astronomy, geology, betrayal and love with elegance and guts . . . The best thing about Bird isn't just its cultural uniqueness - not many kids' novels are about duppies, or Jamaican evil spirits - but how this excellent book feels like it actually happened. Guardian