Birdie's Bargain
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Birdie's Bargain
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Narrated by:
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Jorjeana Marie
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Written by:
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Katherine Paterson
About this listen
In a poignant and unflinching new realistic novel from the Newbery Medal-winning author of Bridge to Terabithia, a 10-year-old girl makes a deal with God for her father's safe return from the Iraq War.
Birdie has questions for God. For starters, why couldn’t God roll history back to September 10, 2001, and fix things - so the next day was an ordinary sunny day and not the devastating lead-in to two wars? Daddy has already been to Iraq twice. Now he’s going again, and Birdie is sure he’ll die. At the very least, she won’t see him again for a year, and everything will not be okay. (Why do grown-ups lie?)
To save money, she, Mom, and baby Billy have moved to Gran’s, where shy Birdie must attend a new school, and no one but bossy Alicia Marie Suggs welcomes her. Doesn’t God remember how hard it was for Birdie to make friends at Bible Camp? Counselor Ron taught about Judgment there - and the right way to believe. Has Birdie been praying wrong? Why else would God break their bargain?
Listeners of all faiths and backgrounds, especially children of military families, will identify with and root for the unforgettable Birdie, given inimitable voice by a master storyteller.
©2021 Katherine Paterson (P)2021 Listening Library