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Gr 4–6—Eleven-year-old December not only knows everything about birds, she's convinced she is one. As December, whose mother left her as a young child, moves between a series of foster homes, she's waiting for the moment when her "wings will finally unfold" and she is strong enough to take flight. But when she arrives at her newest foster home and meets Eleanor, things begin to change. Eleanor has bird feeders and volunteers at the Wildlife Rehabilitation Center. She is also patient and kind, giving December the space and time she needs to bui...Log In or Sign Up to Read More

Eleven-year-old December Lee Morgan is changing houses. Again. One more foster family has had it with her constant tree-climbing and her unwavering (though yet unproven) belief that when she launches herself from a treetop she will fly. But maybe new foster mother Eleanor's house will be different. December travels with The Complete Guide to Birds: Volume One, which she has committed to memory, and her own journal, in which she details her wished-for tra...Log In or Sign Up to Read More

Eleven-year-old December Lee Morgan is changing houses. Again. One more foster family has had it with her constant tree-climbing and her unwavering (though yet unproven) belief that when she launches herself from a treetop she will fly. But maybe new foster mother Eleanor's house will be different. December travels with The Complete Guide to Birds: Volume One, which she has committed to memory, and her own journal, in which she details her wished-for tra...Log In or Sign Up to Read More