Awards

• Commended for Capitol Choices: Noteworthy Books for Children and Teens (Ten to Fourteen) 2013
• Commended for Parents Choice Awards (Fall) (2008-Up) (Nonfiction) 2012
• Commended for Robert F. Sibert Informational Book Award (Children's Book) 2013
• Commended for Robert F. Sibert Informational Book Award 2013
• Commended for Tayshas Reading 2014

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<p> Hoose's fascinating account concerns much more than this one bird. -- Horn Book , starred <p>. ..beautiful and vivid... -- VOYA <p> Hoose's stature as a preeminent nonfiction author combined with the high-interest animal hook will generate hearty attention and enthusiasm for this one. -- Booklist , starred Readers will appreciate Hoose's thorough approach in contextualizing this amazing, itinerant creature... -- Publishers Weekly , starred Meticulously researched and told with inspiring prose and stirring images, this is a gripping, triumphant story of science and survival. -- Kirkus , starred

Hoose's fascinating account concerns much more than this one bird. -- Horn Book , starred <p> <p> Hoose's stature as a preeminent nonfiction author combined with the high-interest animal hook will generate hearty attention and enthusiasm for this one. -- Booklist , starred Readers will appreciate Hoose's thorough approach in contextualizing this amazing, itinerant creature... -- Publishers Weekly , starred Meticulously researched and told with inspiring prose and stirring images, this is a gripping, triumphant story of science and survival. -- Kirkus , starred

Meticulously researched and told with inspiring prose and stirring images, this is a gripping, triumphant story of science and survival. --Kirkus, starred

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Phillip Hoose is the widely-acclaimed author of the National Book Award winner Claudette Colvin: Twice Toward Justice, which is also a Newbery Honor Book, a Robert F. Sibert Honor Book, a YALSA Finalist for Excellence in Young Adult Fiction, and an ALA Best Book for Young Adults, among other honors. His other books include The Race to Save the Lord God Bird, winner of the Boston Globe-Horn Book Award, and We Were There, Too!, a National Book Award Finalist. Mr. Hoose lives in Portland, Maine.

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