Birdie
Shortlisted for the Carnegie Medal for Writing 2026
$21.40
- Paperback
256 pages
- Release Date
1 February 2025
Summary
A powerful, moving animal and friendship tale for fans of Michael Morpurgo. Winner of the Young Quills Award and the Diverse Book Awards. Shortlisted for the Carnegie Medal for Writing and the UKLA Book Award.
Birdie Bagshaw has never known her parents. Having grown up in a children’s home for mixed race children in 1950s Leeds, now she has come to live with her great-aunt in the Yorkshire Dales. From her arrival, Bir…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781839132414 |
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| ISBN-10: | 1839132418 |
| Author: | J.P. Rose |
| Publisher: | Andersen Press Ltd |
| Imprint: | Andersen Press Ltd |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 256 |
| Release Date: | 1 February 2025 |
| Weight: | 207g |
| Dimensions: | 16mm x 129mm x 198mm |
| Audience Age: | 9-12 |
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Critics Review
Mesmerically gripping and profoundly moving, this 10+story of adaptation, love and courage is impossible to forget. * Guardian *
A future classic. A powerful novel about love, identity and finding your power in a world where everyone is against you… powerfully resonant today. A real triumph * Book of the Month, The Bookseller *
Moving… Birdie is an endearing heroine in this tender story set against a backdrop of social change * Daily Mail *
A tender and touching story for animal lovers everywhere – Hannah Gold
A captivating story of the profound and powerful magic of animals – and how they can help us find our way in the world. I loved it – A. F. Steadman
J.P. Rose
J.P. Rose was born in Manchester but was raised in Yorkshire after her adoption. Growing up she suffered extreme racism, though she continued to be proud of her diverse and rich Jamaican, Nigerian and Anglo-Irish heritage. She trained as an actress but eventually moved into writing, and she is now the author of numerous novels for adults. She owns several horses, dogs and cats and lives in London with her family.
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