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Each Little Bird That Sings

by Deborah Wiles

Each Little Bird That Sings Cover

ISBN13: 9780152056575
ISBN10: 0152056572
Condition: Standard
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Ten-year-old Comfort Snowberger has attended 247 funerals--her family owns the local funeral home, after all. And even though Great-uncle Edisto keeled over with a heart attack and Great-great-aunt Florentine dropped dead--just like that--six months later, Comfort knows how to deal with loss, or so she thinks. She's more concerned with avoiding her crazy cousin Peach and trying to figure out why her best friend, Declaration, suddenly won't talk to her. But life is full of surprises. And the biggest one of all is learning what it takes to handle them.

      In this heartfelt and quintessentially Southern coming-of-age novel, Comfort will charm young readers with her wit, her warmth, and her struggles as she learns about life, loss, and ultimately, triumph.     Includes reader's guide and a biography of the author.

Review:

"original celebration of life...memorable tribute to the joys of living"
(Deborah Wiles, Kirkus Reviews, Feb 15 2005 )

Review:

"A memorable tribute to the joys of living."--Kirkus Reviews (starred review)

"Wiles has a gift for bringing readers into the hearts and minds of her main characters . . . As she faces the changes that life throws her way, Comfort grabs onto the readers heart and refuses to let it go."--BookPage

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A funny, poignant, and very Southern coming-of-age story, now in paperback


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Wiles has created a unique, funny, and utterly real cast of characters in this heartfelt, and quintessentially Southern coming-of-age novel. Ten-year-old Comfort Snowberger will charm readers with her wit, her warmth, and her struggles, as she learns about life, loss, and, ultimately, triumph.

About the Author

DEBORAH WILES is the award-winning author of one other novel, Love, Ruby Lavender, an ALA Notable Children's Book, a Children's Book Sense 76 Pick, and a New York Public Library 100 Titles for Reading and Sharing. Ms. Wiles is the recipient of the 2004 PEN/Phyllis Naylor Working Writer Fellowship. She lives in Atlanta, Georgia.

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sgirl93, March 13, 2007 (view all comments by sgirl93)
Comfort snowbergerhas growen up around death since her family owns and runs a funeral home. but when some of her closest relatives die a disaster strikes during the funeral and her best friend is in danger. What will comfort do. but you can't resist mentoning Dismay funeral dog extrodinair who is comforts dog.
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Product Details

ISBN:
9780152056575
Author:
Wiles, Deborah
Publisher:
Harcourt Paperbacks
Subject:
Girls & Women
Subject:
Family
Subject:
Children's 9-12 - Fiction - General
Subject:
Death
Subject:
Grief
Subject:
Situations / Friendship
Subject:
Social Issues - Friendship
Copyright:
Edition Description:
Trade Paper
Publication Date:
August 2006
Binding:
Paperback
Grade Level:
from 3 to 6
Language:
English
Illustrations:
Cover illustration by Marla Frazee
Pages:
260
Dimensions:
718x578x69 50
Age Level:
08-12

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