Extraordinary Birds

A young girl believes that she is really a bird and one day she will be able to fly when she (and her) body are ready. The reasons for this belief are heartbreaking and will make you cry. She's in the foster system - the reason will make you cry. After many "houses", she may have finally found a "home". All in all, I say: READ IT. If you let your child read it - read it with them to talk through some of the heavier stuff. Amazon writes, "December believes she is a bird. The scar on her back is where her wings will sprout, and one day soon, she will soar away. It will not matter that she has no permanent home. Her destiny is in the sky. But then she's placed with foster mom Eleanor, a kind woman who volunteers at an animal rescue and has secrets of her own. December begins to see that her story could end a different way – but could she ever be happy down on the ground? In her arresting debut, Sandy Stark-McGinnis offers an inspiring story about family, friendship, and finding where you belong."