A review by amdame1
Bird in a Box by Andrea Davis Pinkney
3.0
Hibernia, Willie, and Otis all live in upstate New York during the time of the Great Depression. They haven't met yet, but events are about to bring them together. The main tie is the hope given them by listening to the bouts of boxer Joe Louis on the radio.
Told in alternating chapters between the 3 voices, the reader slowly learns about each child's hopes and fears. It also gives insight to the time of the great depression and how one black boxer could inspire so many people. However, it is also not a book that students will pick up on their own, and even then, it will only reach out to a very select audience.
Told in alternating chapters between the 3 voices, the reader slowly learns about each child's hopes and fears. It also gives insight to the time of the great depression and how one black boxer could inspire so many people. However, it is also not a book that students will pick up on their own, and even then, it will only reach out to a very select audience.