A new book by Zetta Elliott! I love bird-watching, math whiz kids, and the magical element sounds most intriguing.Ship of Souls (AmazonEncore, February 28, 2012, 132 pages)
"When Dmitri, an eleven-year-old bird-watcher and math whiz, loses his mother to breast cancer, he is taken in by Mrs. Martin, an elderly white woman. Unaccustomed to the company of kids his own age, D struggles at school and feels like an outcast until a series of unexpected events changes the course of his life.
First, D is asked to tutor the school’s basketball star, Hakeem, who will get benched unless his grades improve. Against the odds, the two boys soon realize they have something in common: they are both taunted by kids at school, and they both have a crush on Nyla, a beautiful but fierce eighth-grade girl. Then Nyla adopts D and invites him to join her entourage of “freaks.” Finally, D discovers an injured bird and brings it home from the park.
D is stunned when the strange bird speaks to him and reveals that she is really a guiding spirit that has been held hostage by ghost soldiers who died in Brooklyn at the start of the American Revolution. As Nuru’s chosen host, D must carry her from Brooklyn to the African Burial Ground in lower Manhattan, but the ghost soldiers won’t surrender their prize without a fight."
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You're right - this does sound interesting. A lot going on in that blurb, so I hope it comes together and makes sense in the book. Nice pick!
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Sounds interesting. Never heard of that book before. Great pick!
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OH, WOW. I scanned this yesterday and meant to come back and comment, and I just saw the author!! It does sound like there's a ton going on, but it may just work out...
ReplyDeleteThis sounds interesting! I've never heard of it before! Great pick!
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