Blurb:
After the death of her father, twelve-year-old Wren finds her life thrown into upheaval. And when her mother decides to pack up the car and forces Wren to leave the only home she's ever known, the family grows even more fractured. As she and her mother struggle to build a new life, Wren must confront issues with the environment, peer pressure, bullying, and most of all, the difficulty of forgiving those who don't deserve it. A quirky, emotional middle grade novel set in Michigans Upper Peninsula, Be Light Like a Bird features well-drawn, unconventional characters and explores what it means to be a family and the secrets and lies that can tear one apart.
Review:★★★★☆
I got this book via NetGalley for a review.
You can never get to old for stories, even though the story is meant for middle-schoolers.
Be Light Like a Bird is a beautiful story about the life of twelve year old Wren and her mother. The author, Monika Schroder reminded us what it is like to be twelve again, to see what truly is important in life.
The story started off heavy and morbid; It started with the death of her beloved father, and the negative change of personality in her mother. But as the story progressed, it changed to a lighter tone. So do not be frightened away by the beginning of the story. Life sometimes start off as a little sad and broken anyway, but it is okay. Just like one of my favorite quotes from this book states: “There is a crack, a crack in everything, (but) that’s how the
light get in.”
It is definitely different from the happy and fun Enid Blyton stories and the mildly scary Goosebumps stories I read as a child. It's a unique story all on it's on. I enjoyed it as an adult, And I hope you do too.
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