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School Library Journal
Reviewed on February 1, 2015 | Grades 5-8
Gr 4–7—Like Rose's debut novel, May B. (Random, 2012), Blue Birds is historical fiction told in free verse. Set in the late 1580s, the story centers on two young girls who forge an unlikely bond, one which defies the conventions of their respective communities and threatens to shatter an already fragile détente. Alis is a colonist who's just arrived on the island of Roanoke with her family and a small band of English men and women intent on settling the New World. Kimi is a young Roanoke girl who watches the arrival of the white folk with a mixture of curiosity and trepidation. Over time, even as tensions mount and violence erupts between the two peoples, the young women find each other amid the...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
Horn Book Guide
Reviewed on January 1, 2015
In alternating verse narratives, Native American Kimi and Roanoke colonist Alis describe their developing friendship. The two girls prov...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
