{"product_id":"blackbird-fly-paperback","title":"Blackbird Fly - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eErin Entrada Kelly\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eBetsy Peterschmidt\u003c\/b\u003e (Illustrator)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFuture rock star or friendless misfit? That's no choice at all. In this acclaimed novel by Newbery Medalist Erin Entrada Kelly, twelve-year-old Apple grapples with being different; with friends and backstabbers; and with following her dreams.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/em\u003e called \u003cem\u003eBlackbird Fly \u003c\/em\u003e\"a true triumph,\" and the\u003cem\u003e Los Angeles Times Book Review\u003c\/em\u003e said, \"Apple soars like the eponymous blackbird of her favorite Beatles song.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eApple has always felt a little different from her classmates. She and her mother moved to Louisiana from the Philippines when she was little, and her mother still cooks Filipino foods and chastises Apple for becoming \"too American.\" When Apple's friends turn on her and everything about her life starts to seem weird and embarrassing, Apple turns to music. If she can just save enough to buy a guitar and learn to play, maybe she can change herself. It might be the music that saves her . . . or it might be her two new friends, who show her how special she really is.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eErin Entrada Kelly deftly brings Apple's conflicted emotions to the page in her debut novel about family, friendship, popularity, and going your own way. \"A must-read for those kids cringing at their own identities.\"--\u003cem\u003eBulletin of the Center for Children's Books.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 320\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.8 x 7.5 x 5.1 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e March 01, 2016\u003c\/div\u003e\n                \u003cdiv\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAccelerated Reader:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n                \n                \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eQuiz Name:\u003c\/strong\u003e Blackbird Fly\u003c\/div\u003e\n                \n                \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eInterest Level:\u003c\/strong\u003e Middle Grades, 4-8\u003c\/div\u003e\n                \n                \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eReading Level:\u003c\/strong\u003e 4.4\u003c\/div\u003e\n                \n                \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePoint Value:\u003c\/strong\u003e 6\u003c\/div\u003e\n                ","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51753507029280,"sku":"9780062238627","price":9.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/e9284b26f34de5b6d714f8f0fb942a0e.webp?v=1780021784","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/blackbird-fly-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}