Twelve-year-old Jewel Campbell, the narrator of this remarkable book, is a mixed-race child (half Jamaican, a quarter white, a quarter Mexican) in a small town in Iowa and is used to the way people do a double take when they see her with her mother. His name was John until Grandpa said he looked more like a Bird with the way he kept jumping off things, and the name stuck.
Please try again Article contentĪs opening lines go, this novel grabs its readers and doesn’t let go: “Grandpa stopped speaking the day he killed my brother, John. The next issue of Montreal Gazette Headline News will soon be in your inbox. If you don't see it, please check your junk folder. Manage Print Subscription / Tax ReceiptĪ welcome email is on its way.
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