Chasing Redbird: An ALA Best Book and Touching Coming-of-Age Story About Loss and Self-Discovery for Kids (Ages 8-12)

Chasing Redbird: An ALA Best Book and Touching Coming-of-Age Story About Loss and Self-Discovery for Kids (Ages 8-12)

<p>It started out as an ordinary summer. But the minute thirteen-year-old Zinny covered the old, overgrown trail that ran through the woods behind her family's house, she realized that things were about to change.</p><p>Right from the start, Zinny knew that uncovering the trail would be more than just a summer project. It was her chance to finally make people notice her, and to have a place she could call her very own. But more than that, Zinny knew that the trail somehow held the key to all kinds of questions. And that -- the only way to understand her family, her Aunt Jessie's death, and herself, was to find out where it went.</p><p>From the author of the Newbery Medal-winning <em>Walk Two Moons</em>, here is an intricately woven tale of a young girl who sets out in search of her place in the world -- and discovers it in her own backyard.</p>