Title: The Amazing Life of Birds
Subtitle: The Twenty-Day Puberty Journal of Duane Homer Leech
First published: 2006
Description: As twelve-year-old Duane endures the confusing and humiliating aspects of puberty, he watches a newborn bird in a nest on his windowsill begin to grow and become more independent, all of which he records in his journal.
Subjects: Development, Birds, Puberty, Diaries, Juvenile fiction, Fiction, Self-perception, Schools