Zilpha Keatley Snyder

The Birds of Summer (eBook, ePUB)

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

Summer is just a teenager, but sometimes she feels like the parent Fifteen-year-old Summer McIntyre lives with her mother, Oriole, and seven-year-old sister, Sparrow, in a trailer in Alvarro Bay City, overlooking the Pacific. Oriole is a Northern California flower child who fantasizes about being at one with nature and forgets about needing money. Even though she's only fifteen, Summer is good at being Mom. That is, until Oriole's new boyfriend upsets the precarious balance in their lives. Suddenly Summer has to protect her family as she copes with the dangers of drug-smuggling, blackmailing, and even terrorism. Set during the 1980s, The Birds of Summeris the story of a teenager with the responsibilities of adulthood thrust upon her shoulders, who learns how to adapt . . . and how to survive. Winner of the PEN Literary Award and the Parents' Choice Award. This ebook features an extended biography of Zilpha Keatley Snyder.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Open Road Media Teen & Tween
• Seitenzahl: 195
• Altersempfehlung: ab 12 Jahre
• Erscheinungstermin: 25. März 2014
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781480471535
• Artikelnr.: 44627787

Autorenporträt

Zilpha Keatley Snyder (b. 1927) is a three-time Newbery Honor-winning author of adventure and fantasy novels for children. Her smart, honest, and accessible narrative style has made her books beloved by generations. When not writing, she enjoys reading and traveling. Snyder lives in Mill Valley, California.