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Twelve-year-old author Nancy Yi Fan has woven a captivating tale about the birds of Stone-Run Forest and the heroism, courage, and resourcefulness in their quest for peace.
HarperCollins
February 2007
On Sale: January 30, 2007
240 pages
ISBN: 0061130990
EAN: 9780061130991
Hardcover
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The blue jays and cardinals of Stone-Run Forest have turned
against each other. According to legend, only Swordbird, son
of the Great Spirit, has the power to conquer evil and
restore peace to the land. But is he real or just a myth?
Can Swordbird arrive in time to save the forest . . . or
will it be too late? Twelve-year-old author Nancy Yi Fan has woven a captivating
tale about the birds of Stone-Run Forest and the heroism,
courage, and resourcefulness in their quest for peace.
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3 comments posted.
Re: Swordbird
This book is exciting! I love the way that the young writer made this book so intense! I was amazed at what that girl did.
To me, she made a better book then some adult book¡¯s I¡¯ve read. The whole book gets your attention and takes you on a trip that you could never think of. I do think that the book could do with fewer characters in it¡ They are hard to keep track of ¡But it is still an awesome book!
¡ªMichele E
(Swordbird Club 11:19pm January 4, 2009)
It¡¯s hard to believe but the author was only 12 years old when she wrote this thrilling, beautifully crafted fantasy about evil Lord Turnatt, a hawk who has enslaved birds to build a fortress and has set the cardinals and bluejays to fighting each other.
She creates vivid characters with wonderful names (Flameback the cardinal, Dilby the loon) and other cool words like ¡°nobird¡±, ¡°somebird,¡± and ¡°everybird.¡± There¡¯s a hummingbird circus, birds dining on raspberry pie and fending off invaders with scalding bean soup. Best of all each chapter starts with a quotation from some book of bird lore, including the Book of Heresy which promises the terrible Turnatt eternal life - if he eats the egg of one woodbird every day.
Nancy Yi Fan is a talent to watch!
- Jean Westmoore, The Buffalo News
(Swordbird Club 9:30am January 5, 2009)
read Swordbird last weekend and was amazed. It¡¯s an extraordinary work, and would be an accomplishment for an adult author. That the writer was so young really makes this work remarkable. The bird characters, the juxtaposition of the Book of Heresy and Old Scripture sayings, and the almost allegorical tone give it a solid fantasy feel. In short, I loved it, and I think kids
will really enjoy it, both as a great story and as a phenomenal work by one of their peers.
We¡¯ll be adding the book to the reading program and including it in our book fair offerings!
Congrats!
Kevin Washburn, Ed.D.
(Swordbird Club 10:10am January 7, 2009)
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