Bird

'Bird is a mysterious, lyrical, and thought-provoking novel from an important new voice in children's literature.'

-- Kathi Appelt, author of The Underneath, Newbery Honour Book and National Book Award Finalist

'Crystal Chan has written an enthralling first novel about the darkness, light and beauty that make up the human condition.'

-- Cynthia Kadohata, author of Newbery-winner Kira Kira
'A beautifully told story of family and identity, grief and magic. I loved it.' -- Steph Bowe
'The first line of Bird broke my heart and the rest of them put it back together.' -- Trin in the Wind
'Bird is beautifully captivating, absorbing, and utterly heartbreaking. I cannot recommend this book enough, to both YA readers and adults. I know it's only January but it's not too early for me to say that this is one of my favourite books of 2014, and of all time.' -- Vegan YA Nerds
'The middle-grade equivalent of The Fault in Our Stars. It's beautiful.' -- Diva Booknerd
'I think Bird is one of the most beautifully written novels I've read. The voice of Jewel was a pleasure to read and I adored where Crystal Chan took me on this journey...I adored this book and highly recommend it.' -- whYAnot Reviews
'Captivating to read-it's rich, colourful, tragically happy and wonderful...the words [Chan] uses to tell it are clean and precise. They are punctuated with perfect silences, lifting this story beyond the everyday and making it fly.' -- First Impressions
'Full of interesting ideas about families, friendship, small towns, the nature and power of belief, and the importance of special places.' * Sydney Morning Herald/Age *