Bird
By: by Zetta Elliott ; illustrated by Shadra Strickland.
Contributors: Strickland, Shadra, ill.
Edition: 1st ed.
Publisher: Lee & Low Books Inc.
Published: 2008
Place of publication: New York, NY
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9781600602412
Subjects: Novels in verse; Death -- Fiction; Drug abuse -- FIction; Drawing -- Fiction; Family life -- Fiction; African Americans -- Fiction
Genres: Fiction.; FIction.
Description: Bird, an artistic young African American boy, expresses himself through drawing as he struggles to understand his older brother's drug addiction and death, while a family friend, Uncle Son, provides guidance and understanding.