Birdie and Me

Birdie and MeBy: J. M. M. Nuanez An emotional and uplifting debut about a girl named Jack and her gender creative little brother, Birdie, searching for the place where they can be their true and best selves. After their mama dies, Jack and Birdie find themselves without a place to call home. And when Mama's two brothers each try to provide one first sweet Uncle Carl, then gruff Uncle Patrick the results are funny, tender, and tragic. They're also somehow . . .

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