{"id":13677,"date":"2023-04-08T10:00:00","date_gmt":"2023-04-08T15:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/booksyalove.com\/?p=13677"},"modified":"2023-04-08T10:15:31","modified_gmt":"2023-04-08T15:15:31","slug":"g","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/booksyalove.com\/?p=13677","title":{"rendered":"G is for Graham, seeking RARE BIRDS, friendship, and answers, by Jeff Miller (MG book review) #A2Z"},"content":{"rendered":"
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In Mom’s Florida hometown for the summer, waiting\u2026<\/p>\n\n\n\n

She and 11-year-old Graham have gone from hospital to hospital as doctors try to fix her heart condition – this is the final stop, the last chance, waiting for a transplant.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

They’ll stay with Mom’s long-time friend Dom who stored her keepsakes, like her birding journal, even though his son Nick isn’t keen on sharing a room with Graham.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Graham does make a friend his age in the hospital – Lou knows its ins and outs as she’s there with her dad.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Lou lives near Dom’s house, so during their non-hospital time, they learn to handle a canoe and explore the waterways, looking for the birds in Mom’s journal<\/a>, finding the places that Mom and his late father went during high school.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Can they sight the rare Snail Kite<\/a> and win the youth birdspotters’ contest?
Why doesn’t Nick want to help with his dad’s house painting business?
Will Mom’s time in this hospital turn out okay?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Friendship and family, learning new things and making new goals – a summer to make memories.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

What’s the most unusual creature you’ve ever seen in the wild?
**kmm<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Book info<\/strong>: Rare Birds \/ Jeff Miller. Union Square Kids, 2023. [author site<\/a>] [publisher site<\/a>] Review copy and cover image courtesy of the publisher.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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