A Bird Will Soar

Written By Beth Nobles
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One of the most heartfelt books I've read in a good while is A Bird Will Soar, by Alison Green Myers. Written for middle grade kids, this novel unfolds so easily and naturally I want you to experience the surprises and discoveries yourself; I don't want to reveal its secrets. But, if I were still a kid, I'd want to visit a raptor rehabilitation center IMMEDIATELY upon reading the last page. This is a tender book to sink into, to experience the world as this particular kid does, to remember what friendship means and what families can be. I loved it, and I hope you'll give it a try. (Startling realization: this is Myers' debut novel.)

2022 Schneider Family Book Award, American Library Association

2022 Carolyn W. Field Award: Best Book for Young Readers, Pennsylvania State Library Association

Fall 2021 Junior Library Guild Selection

2022 Crystal Kite Finalist

A Bird Will Soar by Alison Green Myers. 2021. Dutton's Children's Books/Penguin Random House. 390 pages.

Visit the Author’s website to download her Activity and Discussion Guide for this book!

—Beth Nobles

Beth Nobles

Beth Nobles-Founder/Editor of Nature Book Guide


As a high school student in the Youth Conservation Corps, Beth built trails and trail bridges in Illinois state parks. Mid-career, she led the Texas Mountain Trail as Executive Director for a decade, and through a partnership with Texas Parks and Wildlife, developed the Far West Texas Wildlife Trail and map. Before retiring in 2021, she led the Sand Creek Regional Greenway Partnership, an organization supporting an urban trail along a riparian corridor in the Denver metro area. She's organized countless volunteer opportunities to connect others to science and the outdoors; founding the Nature Book Guide was another effort to do the same.

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