Title: Bird Springs
Description: Eleven-year-old Gregory and his family had to leave the Navajo reservation at Bird Springs—the only home they've ever known—and move to a motel in Tucson, Arizona. Gregory misses his absent father, but he likes school, particularly art class with the kind teacher. He also makes a new friend, Matt, who promptly informs him art class is really art therapy and that Gregory is staying in a shelter, not a motel. Even though Matt can be outspoken, he's just what Gregory needs now. He's honest and generous with his allowance so they can ride the Ferris wheel at the carnival.Award-winning author Carolyn Marsden paints a poignant story of a little boy who, as he confronts the more painful aspects of his past, is filled with a sense of hope.
Subjects: Fiction, Family problems, Shelters for the homeless, Indians of North America, Navajo Indians, Household Moving, Schools, Juvenile Fiction, Juvenile fiction, Dysfunctional families, Children's fiction, Moving, household, fiction, Schools, fiction, Indians of north america, fiction, Arizona, fiction
Places: Arizona