num_pages: 242
description: When her father takes a mistress, fifteen-year-old Megumi Shimizu is left behind as her mother abandons her, and the girl's confused emotions are helped by Dr. Mizutani, a veterinarian who teaches her how to care for orphaned birds. By the author of Shizuko's Daughter.
language: English
title: One Bird
titlecomplete: One Bird (Edge Books)
genres: Fiction, Coming Of Age, Teen, Birds, Japan, Young Adult
ratings_count: 177
awards: awardedAt: 1420099200000
name: Phoenix Award (Children's Literature Association)
publisher: Henry Holt & Co