Birdsong
🕊️🎶💔
by Katya Balen
★★★*
Things I loved:
🕊️ Poetic and thought-provoking
💔 Sweet but heart-wrenching
👥 Encourages empathy
📖 Thoughtful and reflective
✨ Clear font, nice illustrations, short chapters
At a glance
✍🏼 Author: Katya Balen
🎨 Illustrator: Richard Johnson
📅 Release Date: 7th July 2022
📚 Book type: Short chapter, 104 pages
🌟 Reader level: Growing (content 8+)
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Review
Birdsong is a powerful, short read by Katya Balen, who has a real gift for weaving deep emotions into gentle, meaningful stories.
The story is poetic and soothing, with a sweet yet heart-wrenching storyline that captures both pain and healing.
Perfect for older readers who can appreciate complex emotions and empathise with characters facing trauma, this book encourages reflection and compassion.
As always, Barrington Stoke have produced another winner — with their clear, accessible font, lovely illustrations, and short, easy-to-manage chapters that make reading a real pleasure.
Blurb
After a devastating car crash, Annie is unable to play her flute and retreats from the music she's always loved.
She exists in a world of angry silence – furious with her mum and furious she can't seem to play her beloved flute any more.
Then she meets Noah, who shows her the blackbirds' nest hidden in the scrubland near their flats. As their friendship grows, the blackbird's glorious song reignites Annie's passion for music. But when tragedy strikes again, will her fragile progress be put at risk?
Should I read this book?
You should read this book if you...
🎼play an instrument🎼
😥like "real-life" tragedies😥
🐦⬛love nature🐦⬛
Reader level: Growing
Content: 8+
Help me to read
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Flute: A flute is a musical instrument that you play by blowing air across a hole. It is usually long and thin and can make high, sweet sounds.
- Blackbirds: small birds who lay blue speckled eggs
- Scrubland: type of land that has low-growing bushes, shrubs, and small trees instead of tall forests or grassy fields.
- Music scholarship: A music scholarship is money given to a student to help pay for school because of their musical talent or skill.
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