Publisher Description

Two-time Newbery medallist Lois Lowry has crafted a beautiful picture book about the power of longing and the importance of reconnection between a girl and her father in post-WWII America. This is the story of young Liz, her father, and their strained relationship. Dad has been away at the war for longer than she can remember, and they begin their journey of reconnection through a hunting shirt, cherry pie, tender conversation and the crow call. This allegorical story shows how, like the birds gathering above, the relationship between the girl and her father is graced with the chance to fly.

Author Biography

Lois Lowry is known for her versatility and invention as a writer. She was born in Hawaii and grew up in New York, Pennsylvania, and Japan. After several years at Brown University, she turned to her family and to writing. She is the author of more than thirty books for young adults, including the popular Anastasia Krupnik series. She has received countless honors, among them the Boston Globe-Horn Book Award, the Dorothy Canfield Fisher Award, the California Young Reader's Medal, and the Mark Twain Award. She received Newbery Medals for two of her novels, NUMBER THE STARS and THE GIVER. Her fir

Prizes

Runner-up for West Virginia Children's Book Award 2011
Short-listed for Carolyn W. Field Award 2010
Short-listed for Georgia Children's Book Award (Picture Storybook) 2011
Short-listed for Volunteer State Book Awards (Primary) 2012
Short-listed for Arkansas Diamond Primary Book Award 2011

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