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and that he already knows the most important thing about being a big brother: how to love with his whole self

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Blue Birds Cover:Paperback "A good child's-eye introduction toAuthor of the critically acclaimed May B. returns with a stirring novel in verse. Alis and her parents make the long journey from England to settle the New World. But it doesn't go as planned and Alis, her parents, and the others of their small community soon find themselves at odds with the Roanoke tribe. As tensions rise between the settlers and the Native peoples, twelve year old Alis forms an impossible friendship with a Roanoke named Kimi.