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Where Do You Go, Birdy Jones?

Joanna Nadin

From the author of JOE ALL ALONE - a BAFTA winning and Emmy nominated CBBC series.

A story about finding yourself when everything changes and believing that love never runs out. Perfect for fans of A Boy called Hope and Jacqueline Wilson.

Eleven-year-old Birdy Jones is all alone. She doesn't belong at school at home or even with her dad anymore. The only place she feels like herself is at her grandpa's pigeon loft where the familiar warmth and birdsong block out the world. It's also where she meets Dogger - her only friend and the one person who really seems to know where she's coming from.

Birdy used to be happy when it was just her and Dad but now she has a stepmum a little sister and another baby on the way. Worse her growing family needs to move house but Birdy doesn't believe there'll ever be enough room for her in Dad's busy life - and she can't leave Grandpa and the pigeons. She won't.

Birdy dreams of a different family and future and with Dogger's help she decides to find one - even if it means running away from everything she's ever known. But sometimes you need to fly away to find your way home again . . .

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  • Classification : Older Readers (8-12)
  • Pub Date : JUL 12, 2018
  • Imprint : Little, Brown Books for Young Readers
  • Page Extent : 256
  • Binding : PB
  • ISBN : 9781510201262
  • Price : INR 599
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Joanna Nadin

Joanna Nadin (Author)
Joanna Nadin is the author of more than seventy books for children and young adults including the bestselling Rachel Riley diaries the critically acclaimed Eden and Undertow and the Carnegie-nominated Joe All Alone now being adapted for television. A former broadcast journalist political speechwriter and special adviser to the Prime Minister she has a PhD on the concept of self in young adult literature and lectures in Creative Writing at Bath Spa University. She lives in Bath with her daughter.

Anthony McGowan (Author)
Anthony McGowan is one of the most widely acclaimed young-adult authors in the UK. His books have won several major awards and been shortlisted for many more. He has also written highly regarded adult fiction as well as books for younger readers. He has a PhD on the history of beauty and has taught philosophy and creative writing. He lives in London with his wife and two children.

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