Bird
by Crystal Chan
Children's fictionSuperstition, fictionGrief, fictionRacially mixed people, fictionIowa, fictionYoung adult fictionSuperstitionFiction
Twelve-year-old Jewel was born on the day her brother Bird died and lives in a house of silence and secrets, but a new boy in her Iowa town may help find the answers Jewel wants despite her Jamaican grandfather's warning that he is a "duppy," a malevolent spirit.
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Book data: Open Library