Each Little Bird That Sings
By Kim Mai Guest (Read by); Deborah Wiles
(Listening Library (Audio), Compact Disc, 9780307282309)
Publication Date: December 13, 2005
Categories: Classics, Social Issues - Adolescence
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Ten-year-old Comfort Snowberger knows a thing or two about death. Her family owns the town funeral home and she has attended 247 funerals. She can tell you which casseroles are worth tasting, whom to sit next to, and whom to avoid at all costs. Number one on that avoid list Comfort's sniveling, whining, unpredictable cousin Peach, who ruins every family occasion.
So when Great-great-aunt Florentine drops dead–just like that–Comfort expects a family gathering to remember. What she doesn't count is: One, she has to watch over Peach after the funeral. And two, her best friend, Declaration, has suddenly turned downright mean. Now, even if it means missing the most important funeral of her life, all Comfort really wants to do is sit in her closet with her dog, Dismay, and hide. But life is full of surprises. And the biggest one of all is learning what it takes to handle them.
Deborah Wiles spent her childhood summers in a small Mississippi town with her family of Southern characters, including a wacky grandmother who really did go to Hawaii and loved to wear flip-flops. Ms. Wiles has worked as a journalist and radio commentator, and she currently teaches writing and oral-history workshops for children. She lives with her family in Frederick, Maryland.
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