Overview
"Future 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. Publishers Weekly called Blackbird Fly ""a true triumph,"" and the Los Angeles Times Book Review said, ""Apple soars like the eponymous blackbird of her favorite Beatles song."" Apple 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. Erin 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.""--Bulletin of the Center for Children's Books."
Full Product Details
Author: Erin Entrada Kelly ,
Ferdelle Capistrano
Publisher: HarperCollins
Imprint: HarperCollins
Edition: Library Edition
Dimensions:
Width: 16.80cm
, Height: 1.80cm
, Length: 15.50cm
Weight: 0.181kg
ISBN: 9781799950004
ISBN 10: 179995000
Publication Date: 09 March 2021
Recommended Age: From 8 to 12 years
Audience:
Children/juvenile
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Children / Juvenile
Format: Audio
Publisher's Status: Active
Availability: Not yet available
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Reviews
Kelly skillfully captures the betrayals, tentative first crushes, and fluctuating emotions of middle school...A true triumph. -- Publishers Weekly (starred review)
A must-read. -- Bulletin of the Center for Children's Books Children's literature has been waiting for Apple Yengko a strong, Asian-American girl whose ethnic identity simultaneously complicates and enriches her life. -- Kirkus Reviews (starred review) What sets Kelly's book apart is the combination of a quirky narrator and details about living in a first-generation Filipino American household...Through her love of music...Apple starts to soar like the eponymous blackbird of her favorite Beatles song. -- Los Angeles Times Will resonate with any student in middle school who has felt different and ostracized. The author has skillfully captured the various characters that populate Apple's . . . school. -- School Library Journal (starred review) Kelly skillfully captures the betrayals, tentative first crushes, and fluctuating emotions of middle school...A true triumph. -- Publishers Weekly (starred review)
Author Information
Erin Entrada Kelly is the author of several books that have won such awards as the Newbery Medal and been named to several best-books-of-the-year lists.
