Bird Lake Moon
Publisher
HarperCollins
Publication Year
2010
ISBN
9780061470790
Pages
179 pages
Genre
realism
Format
novel
Item Type
Fiction
Annotation
Twelve-year-old Mitch and his mother are spending the summer with his grandparents at Bird Lake after his parents separate, and ten-year-old Spencer and his family have returned to the lake where Spencer's little brother drowned long ago, and as the boys become friends and spend time together, each of them begins to heal.
Grade Level
3-5
Diversity Topics
Family Relationships; Separation; Step parent; Divorce; Family member death; separated parents; single mother; divorced parents; death of a sibling; death of a brother
Main Character
boys
Race/Ethnicities
White
Family Formation
single mother; divorced parents
Awards
Elizabeth Burr/Worzalla Award, 2009, Outstanding Book
Outstanding Books by Wisconsin Authors and Illustrators, 2009, Selected, Juvenile Fiction
Keywords
family; friendship; grief; lakes; stories
Diversity Impact
direct
STARS Citation
Henkes, Kevin, "Bird Lake Moon" (2010). Diverse Families. 1049.
https://stars.library.ucf.edu/diversefamilies/1049