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Bird Boy

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By Elizabeth Starr Hill
Publisher Farrar, Straus Giroux - (Farrar, Straus Giroux (BYR))
Bird Boy
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All his life, Chang has not been able to speak. The only sounds he can make are the squawks and caws of the cormorants his father trains for fishing. Chang loves the birds, and is thrilled when he is finally old enough to help raise a cormorant chick. But this is more challenging than Chang expects, for in the process he must learn hard lessons about untrustworthy friends and what it really means to prove himself. Elizabeth Starr Hills poignant story, set on the Li River in southern China, is accompanied by the evocative illustrations of Taiwanese artist Lesley Liu.

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6523 words6,523 words
64 pages64 pages
Lexile 630LLexile 630L

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Hear it content Hear it odd Hear it mute Hear it sum Hear it spiced Hear it anchor Hear it dim Hear it cormorant Hear it squawk Hear it rare Hear it gong Hear it instant Hear it sore Hear it perch Hear it lame Hear it dread Hear it linen Hear it wharf Hear it dusk Hear it wealth Hear it cartload Hear it rod Hear it lullaby Hear it bulge Hear it almond Hear it storyteller Hear it mesh Hear it scrawny Hear it brazier Hear it rickety Hear it wildflower Hear it hoarse Hear it wok Hear it nestling Hear it roast Hear it blossom Hear it mist Hear it triumph Hear it heap Hear it chalky Hear it vague Hear it eighty Hear it limp Hear it terror Hear it scornful Hear it boldness Hear it peak Hear it prow Hear it murky Hear it delight Hear it despair Hear it thatched Hear it stern Hear it shallow Hear it hue Hear it zigzag Hear it mending Hear it stillness Hear it glossy Hear it hopeless Hear it motionless Hear it muddy Hear it scarce Hear it riverbank Hear it newborn Hear it fiery Hear it mighty Hear it confusion Hear it gesture
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Book ISBN:

9780374307233

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