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description: Discover a powerful evocative and urgent new young voice in nature writing*LONGLISTED FOR THE JHALAK PRIZE*'Birdwatching has never felt like a hobby or a pastime I can pick up and put down but a thread running through the pattern of my life.'Meet Mya-Rose - otherwise known as 'Birdgirl'. Birder environmentalist diversity activist. To date she has seen over five thousand different types of bird: half the world's species.Every single bird a treasure. Each sighting a small step in her family journey - a collective moment of joy and stillness. And each helping her to find her voice.Since she was young she has visited every continent to pursue her passion seeing first-hand the inequality and reckless destruction we are inflicting on our fragile planet. And the simple mindful act of looking for birds has made her ever-more determined to campaign for all our survival.This is her story; a journey defined by her love for these extraordinary creatures. Because large or small brown patterned or jewelled there is something about birds that makes us even for just moments at a time lift our eyes away from our lives and up to the skies.Birdgirl is the perfect read for fans of H is for Hawk Diary of a Young Naturalist and any young or aspiring environmentalists.
language: English
title: Birdgirl
publisher: Jonathan Cape