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Birdy
Kernot, Sharon2024
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Maddy is mute. Since the Incident she has barely spoken. And now she and her mother and brother are staying in a farmhouse on an old apricot orchard not far from town. It's a chance to rest and recuperate -- or a way to hide further away from the world. Alice is waiting. Since Birdy, her darling daughter, disappeared forty-five years ago, she has sat in her house waiting for her to come home. Alice says Maddy reminds her of Birdy and Maddy feels a strange connection to the long-lost girl. In the quiet not-speaking and waiting, amid the clutter of the old woman's house, Maddy and Alice slowly become friends. Until Maddy takes something that's not hers. Birdy is a tender warm-hearted verse novel about the pain of loss and shame, the beauty of words, and the healing power of small acts of kindness.
Main title:
Birdy / Sharon Kernot
Author:
Kernot, Sharon, author
Imprint:
Wurundjeri Country Melbourne, Vic : Text Publishing, 2024©2024
Collation:
248 pages 20 cm.
Audience:
Secondary
ISBN:
9781922790606 (paperback)
Language:
English
Subject:
Life change events -- FictionSelective mutism -- FictionMothers and daughters -- FictionIntergenerational relations -- FictionHoarders -- FictionGrief -- FictionShame -- FictionAustralian Children's Book of the Year Awards -- Short-List, 2025South Australia -- FictionNovels in verseAuthors, AustralianYoung adult fiction
BRN:
530509
More Information:
| Location | Collection | Call number | Status/Desc |
|---|---|---|---|
| St Marys | Teenage Fiction | KERNOT | Onloan - Due: 19 May 2025 |