Book
Birdie's bargain / Katherine Paterson.
Record details
- ISBN: 1536215597
- ISBN: 9781536215595
- Physical Description: 225 pages
- Edition: First edition.
- Publisher: Somerville, Massachusetts : Candlewick Press, 2021.
Content descriptions
| Immediate Source of Acquisition Note: | LSC 23.99 |
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| Subject: | Girls > Juvenile fiction. Children of military personnel > Juvenile fiction. Friendship > Juvenile fiction. Schools > Juvenile fiction. |
| Genre: | Christian fiction. |
Available copies
- 1 of 1 copy available at Tsuga Consortium.
Holds
- 0 current holds with 1 total copy.
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| Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Status | Due Date |
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| Cookstown Branch | J FIC Pater | 31681020180923 | JFIC | Available | - |
- Baker & Taylor
When 10-year-old Birdieâs dad is sent back to Iraq, she makes a deal with God to bring him home safely, while dealing with a new school where she finds it hard to make friends, especially when she could use one. Simultaneous eBook. - Baker & Taylor
"When ten-year-old Birdie's dad is sent back to Iraq, she makes a deal with God to bring him home safely, while dealing with a new school where she finds it hard to make friends especially when she could use one"-- - Random House, Inc.
In a poignant and unflinching new realistic novel from the Newbery Medalâwinning author of Bridge to Terabithia, a ten-year-old girl makes a deal with God for her father's safe return from the Iraq War.
Birdie has questions for God. For starters, why couldnât God roll history back to September 10, 2001, and fix thingsâso the next day was an ordinary sunny day and not the devastating lead-in to two wars? Daddy has already been to Iraq twice. Now heâs going again, and Birdie is sure heâll die. At the very least, she wonât see him again for a year, and everything will not be OK. (Why do grown-ups lie?) To save money, she, Mom, and baby Billy have moved to Granâs, where shy Birdie must attend a new school, and no one but bossy Alicia Marie Suggs welcomes her. Doesnât God remember how hard it was for Birdie to make friends at Bible Camp? Counselor Ron taught about Judgment thereâand the right way to believe. Has Birdie been praying wrong? Why else would God break their bargain? Readers of all faiths and backgrounds, especially children of military families, will identify with and root for the unforgettable Birdie, given inimitable voice by a master storyteller.
