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What the Birds See (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9781536208818)
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xEntwining a tale of missing children with the story of a lonely little boy, Sonya Hartnett captures the tenderness and dread of childhood in a work of exceptional storytelling. The year is 1977, and Adrian is nine. He lives with his gran and his uncle Rory. His best friend is Clinton Tull. Adrian loves to draw, and he wants a dog. He's afraid of quicksand, shopping centers, and self-combustion. But as closely as he watches his suburban world, there is much he cannot understand. He does not, for instance, know why three neighborhood children might set out to buy ice cream one summer's day and never be seen again. . . .In this suburb that is no longer safe and innocent, in a broken family of self-absorbed souls, Sonya Hartnett sets the story of a lone little boy - unwanted, unloved, and intensely curious - a story as achingly beautiful as it is shattering. As her quiet tale ominously unfolds, we are reminded of how fragile are the threads that hold us secure - and how brave, how precious, is the heart of each child who soldiers on.
Author: Sonya Hartnett
ISBN-10: 1536208817
ISBN-13: 9781536208818
Publisher: Candlewick Press (MA)
Language: English
Published: 12/10/2019
Pages: 208
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.30lbs
Size: 7.70h x 5.00w x 0.70d
Accelerated Reader:
Reading Level: 6
Point Value: 6
Interest Level: Upper Grade
Quiz #/Name: 66791 / What the Birds See
Author: Sonya Hartnett
ISBN-10: 1536208817
ISBN-13: 9781536208818
Publisher: Candlewick Press (MA)
Language: English
Published: 12/10/2019
Pages: 208
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.30lbs
Size: 7.70h x 5.00w x 0.70d
Accelerated Reader:
Reading Level: 6
Point Value: 6
Interest Level: Upper Grade
Quiz #/Name: 66791 / What the Birds See
By Sonya Hartnett
xSonya Hartnett is the author of THURSDAY'S CHILD and several other acclaimed novels - the first written when she was just thirteen - and the
recipient of many prestigious awards in her native Australia. Of WHAT THE BIRDS SEE, she says, "The Metford children are based on three children who went missing here in Australia in the late sixties and were never found. The abduction of a child is an emotive subject, and I
was wary of using someone else's tragedy for my own purpose, so I deliberately kept the crime in the background of the book. Adrian is me in many respects, and many of the things that happen to him happened to me."
recipient of many prestigious awards in her native Australia. Of WHAT THE BIRDS SEE, she says, "The Metford children are based on three children who went missing here in Australia in the late sixties and were never found. The abduction of a child is an emotive subject, and I
was wary of using someone else's tragedy for my own purpose, so I deliberately kept the crime in the background of the book. Adrian is me in many respects, and many of the things that happen to him happened to me."
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