TY  - BOOK
AU  - Spinelli,Eileen
TI  - Birdie
SN  - 9780802855138
PY  - 2019///
CY  - Grand Rapids, Michigan
PB  - Eerdmans Books for Young Readers
KW  - Families
KW  - Juvenile fiction
KW  - Family life
KW  - Fiction
KW  - Friendship
KW  - Dating (Social customs)
KW  - Grief
KW  - Single-parent families
KW  - Novels in verse
KW  - lcgft
KW  - Free verse
N1  - Ages 10-14
N2  - Twelve-year-old Birdie Briggs loves birds. They bring her comfort when she thinks about her dad, a firefighter who was killed in the line of duty. Life without her dad isn't easy, but at least Birdie still has Mom and Maymee, and her friends Nina and Martin. But then Maymee gets a boyfriend, Nina and Martin start dating, and Birdie's mom starts seeing a police officer. And suddenly not even her beloved birds can lift Birdie's spirits. Her world is changing, and Birdie wishes things would go back to how they were before. But maybe change, painful as it is, can be beautiful too
ER  -