Bird Boy

"An excellent little novel." - "The Bulletin of the Center for Children's Books "Chang lives on a houseboat on China's Li River with his parents and their cormorants, great black birds trained to dive and retrieve fish for their owners. Though he has been mute since birth, he can make sounds the birds understand. Through short chapters and simple sentences, the author traces the boy's growth as he helps his father during a night catch, copes with a bully named Jinan, and makes friends with Jinan's sister."- "School Library Journal "Youngsters, especially those with disabilities, will strongly identify with Chang, and Lesley Liu's detailed drawings capture the flavor of the Chinese landscape." -" Booklist "Wonderful."- "Riverbank ReviewHill, Elizabeth Starr is the author of 'Bird Boy' with ISBN 9780606290005 and ISBN 0606290001.