Ebook {Epub PDF} Bird by Crystal Chan

Bird. Crystal Chan. Simon and Schuster, - Juvenile Fiction - pages /5(3).  · BIRD. by Crystal Chan ‧ RELEASE DATE: Jan. 28, Jewel Campbell’s life began the day her older brother John’s tragically ended, a coincidence that’s shaped and shadowed her family since. Her Jamaican-immigrant grandfather nicknamed John “Bird,” encouraging him to imagine he could fly with disastrous results. "Bird" is a beautiful book that looks hard things right in the eye and demands explanations. Everyone in "Bird" is wrapped up in themselves and the sadness and anxieties of much of life. Jewel has tried all /5(74).

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Bird Quotes Showing of “That's one of the things about adults: the most important rules to keep are the ones they never tell you and the ones they get the angriest about if you break.”. ― Crystal Chan, Bird. 13 likes. Grandpa hasn’t spoken a word since. Now Jewel is twelve, and she lives in a house full of secrets and impenetrable silence. Jewel is sure that no one will ever love her like they loved Bird, until the night that she meets a mysterious boy in a tree. Grandpa is convinced that the boy is a duppy, but Jewel knows that he is something more. Bird by Crystal Chan - review. Bird is about a girl called Jewell who had a brother called John who died on the day she was born. His grandpa kept calling him Bird until he actually thought he.