BIRDIE AND ME

By J. M. M. Nuanez, Author. 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 Mamas two brothers each try to provide onefirst sweet Uncle Carl, then gruff Uncle Patrickthe results are funny, tender, and tragic. Theyre also somehow . . . spectacular. With voices and characters that soar off the page, J. M. M. Nuanezs debut novel depicts an unlikely family caught in a situation none of them would have chosen, and the beautiful ways in which they finally come to understand one another. For ages 10 and up.