The Someday Birds

by Sally J. Pla

Other authorsJulie McLaughlin (Illustrator)

Paperback, 2018

Genres

Children's Books

Fiction

Collection

2018 Top Reads Responses

Publication

HarperCollins (2018), Edition: Reprint, 352 pages

Description

Charlie, twelve, who has autism and obsessive compulsive disorder, must endure a cross-country trip with his siblings and a strange babysitter to visit their father, who will undergo brain surgery.

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Awards

Young Hoosier Book Award (Nominee — Middle Grade — 2020)

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Read Aloud Indiana Book Award (Middle Grades — 2019)

The Best Children's Books of the Year (2018)

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Nerdy Book Award (Middle Grade Fiction — 2017)

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Maine Regional Library System Cream of the Crop List (2018)

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Language

English

Original language