Be Light Like a Bird

Genre: Fiction

Date Started: December 9, 2019

Date Completed: December 17, 2019

How did you choose this book: While in the school library, the cover interested me and I needed a new book, so I decided to try it.

Write a brief summary of the novel; who was the protagonist; what was his/her problem and how was the problem resolved?

sofia.aniela 12-year-old Wren Kaiser does not know how to cope after learning about her father's plane crash that resulted in him dying. Devastated, she decided to shut herself out, while her mother, angry, decides to act out of her emotions and pack all her husbands belongings in a trash bag. As time goes by, money gets tight, and Wren and her mother pack up their stuff and decide to leave Marietta, Georgia, and leave all the memories behind. 4y

sofia.aniela They go to multiple cities, such as Chattanooga, Tennessee, where her mother gets a new job and a new man and Wren is enrolled in a new school. This goes for a while, until her mother decides to move to Ohio, and the pattern continues. Finally, they move to a town called Pyramid, located in the Upper Peninsula of Michigan. 4y

sofia.aniela Here Wren makes friends and learns how to open up, as well as helping others through their grieving process. They do this while trying to save a pond that has a connection with her father.
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Be Light Like a Bird | Monika Schröder

I just signed up for @DeweysReadathon -- YAY! This is my first time participating in this particular #readathon + I couldn't be more excited to be reading along with my Litsy friends āŗļø¸

Here are some possibilities for meš‘†š¸»I also have The Girl With All The Gifts on my Kindle, ready to go.

Do any stand out to you guys as must-reads? I thought some of these may be good #AllHallowsRead #nottoospookyplease šˇ

Sweettartlaura I loved

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DGRachel I highly recommend

The Thirteenth Tale: A Novel

Bookworm54 I haven't read any of these so I'm interested to know how you find them! My first read will be girl with all the gifts (someone has requested it so I need to make it my priority before the library make me give it back!) we could have a read-along! 7y

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Ehbooklover I love love LOVE

The Thirteenth Tale: A Novel

mllemay The Thirteenth Tale!! So good! I read it in one sitting (which rarely happens for me) because I could not put it down. 7y

brilliantglow The thirteenth tale is amazing omg. That book. š¨š¨š¨ I could not put it down and definitely did not expect the way the book ended. 7y

James I'll add my vote to The Thirteenth Tale. Great book. 7y

raelaschoenherr Thirteenth Tale! Also, I just downloaded the audiobook of These Shallow Graves. Let me know if you read it! 7y

rubyslippersreads Un-put-downable!

The Thirteenth Tale: A Novel

Zelma Great book stack! I'll add my voice to The Thirteenth Tale chorus. š‘¨ 7y

Bette Good stack! š“ā¯¤ļø¸ 7y

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