The book Bird, by angela Johnson, is the second book that I read for our Lunch Bunch Book club. Our group decided to read different books and then come back to share out about them and hopefully give others an idea of what might be a good read. I really enjoyed this book, it was written in a similar style to Behind You, by Jacqueline Woodson. Each of the characters in the book has thier own voice, they tell the story through chapters of their unique perspectives, with the reader having to put together how these people are in each other's lives. The connections between them are sometimes subtle, but Ms. Johnson does a nice job letting the story fall into place for the reader.
The main character, Bird, is a young teenager struggling with abandonment issues. She has lost her real father and is now going through the loss of the only other father she's known, her mother's boyfriend, Cecil. It turns out that Cecil has a life that Bird never knew about in another state and she leaves her mother and travels alone to try to bring him back. In the meantime, she meets two boys whose lives have been changed forever by fatal illness, death, and one powerful gift. This book takes the reader on an emotional journey through the process of loss, grief, friendship, random kindness and re-connecting with the world. Angela Johnson is a Michael L. Printz and Coretta Scott King Award winning author and her book, Bird, is a worthwhile read.
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