You can never get to old for stories, even though the story is meant for middle-schoolers.
Be Light Like a Bird is a beautiful story about the life of You can never get to old for stories, even though the story is meant for middle-schoolers.
Be Light Like a Bird is a beautiful story about the life of twelve year old Wren and her mother. The author, Monika Schroder reminded us what it is like to be twelve again, to see what truly is important in life.
The story started off heavy and morbid; It started with the death of her beloved father, and the negative change of personality in her mother. But as the story progressed, it changed to a lighter tone. So do not be frightened away by the beginning of the story. Life sometimes start off as a little sad and broken anyway, but it is okay. Just like one of my favorite quotes from this book states: ��There is a crack, a crack in everything, (but) that’s how the light get in.”
It is definitely different from the happy and fun Enid Blyton stories and the mildly scary Goosebumps stories I read as a child. It's a unique story all on it's on. I enjoyed it as an adult, And I hope you do too....more
I got this book via NetGalley for a review. This book deserves every praise it gets. It definitely deserves five stars. I have been staring at the screeI got this book via NetGalley for a review. This book deserves every praise it gets. It definitely deserves five stars. I have been staring at the screen so intently to finish all 398 pages of the e-book that my eyes hurt. But enjoyed every page of it. The narration of this book is so relevant that it was as if I was listening in to a close friend. Every paragraph has the power to make you smile, cry, laugh, and even be mad. It tells us that high school life is certainly not the fairy tale we make it out to be. No prince charming in prom, no such thing as a forever happy prom queen. Bad things do happen but life goes on no matter we’d like it or not. As pathetic as Hawthorn condone herself to be, she just was not. I felt so connected to her, and her personality and perspective on life is so enthralling she could have just as easily marched into my list of interesting characters. Her take on the world is so different and amusing to read about; when other people saw a missing girl, she cooked up the theory so convincing that the missing girl was just a confused girl turned into a werewolf. The story perfectly describes how difficult it is in high school, it describes what it is like to fall in and out of love, and most importantly it describes the family and friends that will always be there for you no matter what. It may sound like a simple heartwarming story, but it is magic itself. A quote (as pointed out by Annette Pollert- Morgan) really resonates to me as a reader: “I knew all about reading a lot. About how it could take you to a world that was better than the real one. A world where there were adventures and mysteries and magic. Except, of course, books ended eventually, and then you had to go back to being yourself.” I find myself reluctantly coming back to reality after The Hundred Lies of Lizzie Lovett ended. I wanted more, I wanted to know what happened next. But I knew the story has ended as I closed the book, it was time for me to go back being myself, and to also remember what Hawthorn had taught me: Magic is everywhere in our lives, there is no need to make it up, you’d only need to look out for it. ...more
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