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This was a book I had to stick with, hoping it would get better. I'll admit (shamefacedly) that I was as annoyed and frustrated with Charlie as his family. Like the other kids in the family, I didn't understand or trust Ludmilla. But what a wallop, when, like them, I learned her truth.
So look what I just said -- the most amazing thing about this book is that you climb in and live it right along with the characters.
This is a book to be savored. You must read every single word to find all the nug ...more
So look what I just said -- the most amazing thing about this book is that you climb in and live it right along with the characters.
This is a book to be savored. You must read every single word to find all the nug ...more
May 03, 2017
Dest
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liked it
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autism,
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middle-grade,
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individuality,
latinx
I listened to the audiobook of The Goldfish Boy at the same time I was reading this. I prefer Goldfish Boy by a lot. So it's hard for me to say how I'd feel about Someday Birds if Goldfish Boy wasn't so similar and, in my opinion, superior. Both books are about 12-year-old boys who wash their hands compulsively. And both of the boys are kind of desperate to meet a goal (to find a missing boy / to find a bunch of birds). Both books have first-person narration. They are both thematically about the
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Nov 11, 2017
Shari (Shira)
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really liked it
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childrensbooks,
aspergers-syndrome-autism
Slow start, but worth the effort to persevere. Charlie, a child on the autism spectrum, copes with his father's coma by listing all the birds they will see when he wakes up. Touching.
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Jul 16, 2018
Natalie Harvey
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it was amazing
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child-lit,
middle-grade,
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feel-good,
nature,
fiction,
realistic-fiction,
family,
autism,
travel
So lovely. So much heart and hope and keen observations. I sobbed at the end partly because of the sweet ending itself and partly because it was over.
I liked the beginning and I liked how it ended but I started to lose interest in the whole middle, I think with all the bird talk.
Jun 24, 2016
Rachel
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