Perfect for fans of The Thing about Jellyfish and Counting By Sevens. Nuanez's debut novel depicts an unlikely family caught in a situation none of them would have chosen, and the beautiful ways in which they finally come to understand one another. BUYING ADVISORY: MS - ADVISABLE AUDIENCE APPEAL: AVERAGE 12yo Jack and her little brother Birdie are moving in with their Uncle Patrick. After Mama dies, Jack and Birdie's two uncles each try to provide them a homefirst sweet Uncle Carl, then gruff Uncle Patrick. A story about a girl named Jack and her gender non-conforming brother, Birdie, searching for a place to call home. Language: PG (2 swears 0 'f') Mature Content: G Violence: G. BIRDIE AND ME Penguin Random House February 18, 2020.

With voices and characters that soar off the page, J. Kathy Dawson Books (Penguin Random House), 2020. And when Mama's two brothers each try to provide one-first sweet Uncle Carl, then gruff Uncle Patrick-the results are funny, tender, and tragic. An emotional and uplifting debut about a girl named Jack and her gender creative little brother, Birdie, searching for the place where they can be their true. Highly recommended.'- School Library Journal, starred reviewĪn emotional and uplifting debut about a girl named Jack and her gender creative little brother, Birdie, searching for the place where they can be their true and best selves.Īfter their mama dies, Jack and Birdie find themselves without a place to call home. Jack is the mature older sister always seeking to protect her. * 'Belongs alongside Holly Goldberg Sloan's Counting by 7s, Cindy Baldwin's Where the Watermelons Grow, and Ali Benjamin's The Thing about Jellyfish. This tenderhearted story is of Jack and Birdie, two siblings who recently lost their mother.

Birdie and Me by J.M.M. Nuanez