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The Someday Birds
The Someday Birds | Sally J. Pla
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The Someday Birds is a debut middle grade novel perfect for fans of Counting by 7s and Fish in a Tree, filled with humor, heart, and chicken nuggets. Charlies perfectly ordinary life has been unraveling ever since his war journalist father was injured in Afghanistan. When his father heads from California to Virginia for medical treatment, Charlie reluctantly travels cross-country with his boy-crazy sister, unruly brothers, and a mysterious new family friend. He decides that if he can spot all the birds that he and his father were hoping to see someday along the way, then everything might just turn out okay. Debut author Sally J. Pla has written a tale that is equal parts madcap road trip, coming-of-age story for an autistic boy who feels he doesnt understand the world, and an uplifting portrait of a family overcoming a crisis.
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Lf196117
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My hands aren't really clean until I've washed them twelve times.

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Lf196117
The Someday Birds | Sally J. Pla

I would put this in a middle school library. I think the topics used in this book are too advance for many elementary students.

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Lf196117
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This book is very realistic for some children today. Charlie's grandma is now in charge of her and her three siblings after her father just received a head injury in Afghanistan. He father is now not making much conversation with anyone and is stuck in the hospital. Charlie also deals with some mental illness's too. Many children can see themselves in Charlie's character as they too many be struggling from mental illness's

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Eggs
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Don't need notes
We'll be birds
To make you look in
Look up this morning
You and me
Get you off your feet🎶

If I were a bird, I‘d want to be a painted bunting-so colorful

#birds #julycoldplay

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ellaandrews
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Great book!

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Kthomliston
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What a great story! Told from the perspective of a 12yr old boy with Autism/OCD, this book is humorous, touching, and entertaining. Who wouldn‘t want to go across the US in an old RV with your three siblings and a mysterious Bosnian stranger?! Loved it. Ages 12+

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Jennfire
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My fav childhood snack, Swedish sour-milk sprinklers with sugar (it is better than it sounds), with a childrens book! #thereadingwomen @thereadingwomen #readathon

RaimeyGallant Sounds interesting. :) And welcome to Litsy! #litsywelcomewagon @LitsyWelcomeWagon 7y
Eggs Welcome to Litsy 👋🏻 I loved this book 7y
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StillLookingForCarmenSanDiego Welcome to Litsy 👍📚 7y
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Eggs
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Sally J. Pla's debut novel is the poignant story of 12 year old Charlie, whose autism complicates his understanding the world, including his family. The love of birding becomes a metaphor for human behavior.

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Eggs
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#HumpDayPost @MinDea
1. Charlie's perfectly ordinary life has been unraveling ever since his war journalist father was injured in Afghanistan.
2. Fave candy-jelly bellies
3. Hmmm baby boomer?
4. Fossil watch
5. Walk around the lake, read, create

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kamikazepilot42
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Grabbed this from the library.

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BookishMarginalia
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Picnicking at our favorite place, @TheBookmarkPR 💜💜💜💜 (missing @gibblr @Figgy @Gissy ) #thebookmarkpr

Gissy All of you are in the happy place! 🤗I wish I could be there😢 7y
Librariana What a lovely spread of yummy goodies! Enjoy 😊 7y
Hollie Yum! 7y
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MicheleinPhilly My wife and I are considering a trip to Puerto Rico this winter. She would rather poke her own eyes out than accompany me to a bookstore but if I show her this spread she will DEFINITELY reconsider. ☺️ 7y
Josiedlove Yummy 7y
Nute Are you in a bookstore? OMG. I love that kind of eating. Yummy! 7y
RealLifeReading That looks so good! 7y
CouronneDhiver That's my favourite way to eat lunch/dinner 😋 7y
Leelee.reads That looks like pure yum. 7y
Rachellynnwright You definitely know how to read in style 😉 7y
RebL That's the platter we all desire. Nom! 7y
minkyb Amazing! 7y
MrBook I could that tray's goodies every day! 😋😋😋😋😋 7y
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LibrarianRyan
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Librarylady
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Great middle grade read. Pla tackles a lot of tough topics in this novel. Charlie has OCD and he and his siblings face an unknown future as their journalist father returns from Afghanistan with a head injury. The road to recovery is long and they are joined on a cross country road trip by Ludmila, a young woman who survived the war in Bosnia and has a connection to their father. Pla's novel is fantastic!

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Librarylady
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Grateful for this gray and dreary Good Friday that I have off work- and the extra reading time. Just started this one this afternoon.

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MorganNotMegan
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A boy, a family roadtrip, and many birds. I'd wanted to read a book on birding after reading a great article on it, but everything seemed non-fiction or WAYYY too dark. This is a sweet, fantastic read. The prose is so wonderful to read, and this book delivered so many emotions to me that it's hard to describe. A character also has Aspergers/OCD and it is written in an honest, understanding way that I appreciated.

Soubhiville Sounds really good! Thanks, I'll be looking for it! 8y
Hoopiefoot Nice review! Looking forward to reading this one 8y
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