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Creech, Sharon
CHASING REDBIRD
New York : Scholastic, 1997.
IL 3-6 RL 5.2
ISBN 0060269871
CHASING REDBIRD is about a girl who is wandering on her family's farm and discovers an old trowel covered with weeds and dirt. The girl who discovers the trowel is named Zinny. Zinny has three sisters and three brothers who also want to help out with the trail but in just a few days, Zinny's brothers and sisters lose interest in the trowel. So, the trail is left for Zinny to discover. If you want to find out how Zinny clears the trail and her summer adventures, you can read CHASING REDBIRD by Sharon Creech. (Anna S., 8th grade student, Rundlett Middle School, Concord, New Hampshire)
SUBJECTS:     Aunts -- Fiction
                        Uncles -- Fiction
                        Death -- Fiction
                        Grief -- Fiction
                        Family life -- Fiction
                        Guilt -- Fiction

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