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Blackbird Fly

Blackbird Fly

Illustrated by:
Betsy Peterschmidt
Age Level:
Middle Grade
Genre:
Fiction
Published:
2015
Audiobook Available

Apple has always felt a little different from her classmates. She and her mother moved to Louisiana from the Philippines when she was little, and her mother still cooks Filipino foods and chastises Apple for becoming “too American.” When Apple’s friends turn on her and everything about her life starts to seem weird and embarrassing, Apple turns to music. If she can just save enough to buy a guitar and learn to play, maybe she can change herself. It might be the music that saves her … or it might be her two new friends, who show her how special she really is.

 

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