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Chasing Redbird by Sharon Creech

hey_abijo's review

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adventurous hopeful reflective relaxing sad fast-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? No
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

5.0

Told from the POV of 13-year old Zinnia, Chasing Redbird is a summertime coming-of-age story about self discovery in the midst of deep, life-altering grief. Author Sharon Creech evokes the stunning countryside and vibrant wilderness of rural Kentucky whilst sharing with the reader the melancholy and wonder of a quiet and determined young girl with many stories to uncover.

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tsundokued's review against another edition

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5.0

What a book...I have no idea what to say about it, except to say that it did not disappoint.
If you like Walk Two Moons, read this. Even if you didn't, try this one out. (Pssssssst! Walk Two Moons was better.)

mikimeiko's review

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3.0

Questo libro ha qualcosa di magico.
Tutti i libri di Sharon Creech, in realtà, hanno qualcosa di magico.
Qualcosa di profondamente riflessivo sotto il tono leggero e scorrevole (l'ho letto in tipo tre ore! esattamente quello che mi serviva dopo essermi trascinata The dark is Rising per settimane XD), qualcosa di inaspettato eppure totalmente credibile.
I suoi personaggi non sono mai piatti, sono sempre bidimensionali nelle loro luci e ombre, e soprattutto sono assolutamente umani. Tipo, persone. Persone che fanno cose sbagliate per il motivo giusto, persone che fanno cose stupide per il motivo sbagliato, persone che fanno cose che nemmeno loro lo sanno, perchè le hanno fatte.
Questo in particolare, con la piccola Zinny che parte e se ne va da sola nei boschi per finire di scoprire (nel senso di: ripulire dalle erbacce. ma anche: capire dove porta) il suo sentiero, che ha trovato per caso nel bosco dietro casa, è stato particolarmente azzeccato, dato il mio recente costante pensiero di prendere e andare da qualche parte, di nuovo (mi mancamancamanca la scozia; ma soprattutto mi mancamancamanca il viaggiare in se)

mkmaus's review

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adventurous emotional hopeful lighthearted reflective medium-paced

4.75

bookcrazyamy's review

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adventurous emotional reflective medium-paced

4.0

annabelle42688's review against another edition

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emotional inspiring mysterious reflective relaxing fast-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? No
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

Still one of my favorite books. 

sonyasreading's review

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adventurous mysterious sad tense medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? It's complicated
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? No
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? No

3.0

neffcannon's review

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reflective medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? No
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? No

3.75

adrebo's review

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adventurous reflective
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? No
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.0

This book follows Zinnia Taylor who in trying to escape the chaos of her family, finds an overgrown and long forgotten trail near her house. It's a great story about untangling your feelings and processing grief for a younger audience.

So the first time I read this was in 2nd grade as a reading assignment and we had to do reviews of a set of chapters that we were assigned to read. As a part of the review we had to draw a picture and there were plenty of options to draw, but child me chose to draw the dead cousin in a dresser drawer and that's all that was the only thing I could remember from this book until I reread it.

jewels82's review

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adventurous

4.0