Sugar Birds
Book description
NORTHWEST WASHINGTON STATE, 1985
For years, Harris Hayes has taught his daughter, Aggie, the ways of the northern woods, where she sketches nests of wild birds as an antidote to sadness. Then her depressed, unpredictable mother forbids her to climb the trees that give her sanctuary and comfort. Angry, ten-year-old…
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I don’t think I’ve read a book quite like this one. The premise alone is intriguing—a young girl accidentally starts a tragic fire and flees into the forest out of fear and shame. The author captures the ten-year-old girl’s voice so beautifully, alternating between her perspective and the teen girl who is determined to find her.
There’s a sharp edge to the book with a sinister character who slowly morphs from likable to disturbing, but there are also sweet spots full of hope and beauty. Like light-dappled water, this story shifts and moves, sweeping the reader right up in a…
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