📖Recommend for Grades 9 and up📖
by Emily X.R. Pan
After her mother’s suicide, Leigh
receives a mysterious package in the mail with notes and photographs of her
mother as a young girl. This, paired with seeing a beautiful red bird she
believes is her mother, leads Leigh to ask her father if they can travel to Taiwan for her to finally meet her
maternal grandparents. There, she travels to her mother’s favorite places and
digs through her family’s past to discover just what it is her mother wants her
to know.
A
beautifully written story with wonderful aspects of magical realism. Leigh’s
story of dealing with her mother’s suicide and the grief she faces is both
touching and captivating. In addition to the present time, there are parts of
Leigh’s past including memories shown through magical aspects.
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