Bird Lake Moon
By Kevin Henkes
(Greenwillow Books, Hardcover, 9780061470769, 192pp.)
Publication Date: May 2008
Other Editions of This Title: Library Binding, Paperback, Compact Disc
Categories: Nature & the Natural World - General, Social Issues - Emotions & Feelings
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Spencer thought the house might be haunted.
Mitch knew it wasn't. And he knew why.
The whole time Spencer and Mitch hung out together at Bird Lake that summer, there were secrets keeping them apart.
And maybe a secret knowledge keeping them together, too—together like members of the same tribe. Like friends.
Kevin Henkes is the author and illustrator of many books for children of all agesamong them are Lilly's Purple Plastic Purse, Chrysanthemum, and Wemberly Worried. He was awarded the Caldecott Medal for Kitten's First Full Moon, a Caldecott Honor for Owen, and a Newbery Honor for Olive's Ocean. He lives with his family in Madison, Wisconsin.












