Yellow Bird and Me by Joyce Hansen
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- Age Range: 12 and up
- Pub. Date: October 2005
- 168pp
- Sales Rank: 33,865
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Product Details
- Pub. Date: October 2005
- Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
- Format: Paperback, 168pp
- Sales Rank: 33,865
- Age Range: 12 and up
- Series: 163rd Street Trilogy Ser.
- ISBN-13: 9780618611164
- ISBN: 0618611169
- Edition Description: None
Synopsis
In a sequel to THE GIFT-GIVER, Doris reluctantly starts helping Yellow Bird, the class clown, with his reading problem. To her surprise, Doris finds that in caring for and helping Bird, she develops a new friend.
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Doris becomes friends with Yellow Bird as she helps him with his studies and his part in the school play and discovers that he has a problem known as dyslexia.
Publishers Weekly
In this sentimental sequel to The Gift-Giver, Doris begins her narration only a few weeks after her friend Amir has left the Bronx for his new home in Syracuse. Doris is moody and depressed, missing Amir so much that all she can think about is earning enough money to go visit him. Nothing is working out for her, though, as her friends tease her, her new teacher Mrs. Barker is mean, her parents won't let her keep her job at the beauty parlor, and crazy Yellow Bird keeps pestering her to help him with his reading problem. When Amir writes back, he tells Doris not to come yet and to take care of Bird. Reluctantly, Doris discovers that despite his problem, Bird is smart and a good friend. Bird's difficulties are too big for Doris to handle by herself, and with the help of the new drama club teacher, Bird gets the lead in the play. There are surprises for both Bird and Doris at the end of the story, and a final letter to Amir shows that Doris has learned how to become her own ``Amir.'' The vibrant inner-city setting and Bird's charm make this a pleasant read. (8-12)
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Joyce Hansen, a former New York City schoolteacher, is a well-known author of both fiction and nonfiction and a four-time Coretta Scott King Honor recipient. Born and raised in the Bronx, Ms. Hansen now lives in West Columbia, South Carolina.
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Yellow Bird and Meby Anonymous
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November 28, 2007: Im 10 and I just read this book in class for a literature circle. I loved how Doris found that she could find other friends now the one had left. This book was very entertaining and it's a real page turner!!!!!
Yellow Bird and Meby Anonymous
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July 27, 2006: I read this book as a child and remebered it so well as a GREAT book that I wanted to share it with my daughter and with a quick search on B&N I found it and am very excited. Great read for adults.
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