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She lives in Pennsylvania with her husband and fellow children\'s writer Jerry Spinelli.
Since then she has written more than forty children\'s books, including When No One Is Watching, Jonah\'s Whale, and Do You Have a Dog? (all Eerdmans).
Hatch(Simon & Schuster), which won a Christopher Award.
About the Author: Eileen Spinelli made her debut in 1991 with Somebody Loves You, Mr.
With compelling verse and a lighthearted touch, Spinelli captures the poignancy of adolescence.
Still grieving for her father, 12-year-old Birdie struggles to adjust to many changes, including when her grandmother, her mother, and her best friends all begin dating.
With compelling verse and a lighthearted touch, Eileen Spinelli captures the poignancy of adolescence and shows what can happen when you let people in.
But maybe change, painful as it is, can be beautiful too.
Her world is changing, and Birdie wishes things would go back to how they were before.
And suddenly not even her beloved birds can lift Birdie\'s spirits.
But then Maymee gets a boyfriend, Nina and Martin start dating, and Birdie\'s mom starts seeing a police officer.
Life without her dad isn\'t easy, but at least Birdie still has Mom and Maymee, and her friends Nina and Martin.
They bring her comfort when she thinks about her dad, a firefighter who was killed in the line of duty. and what happens afterwards Twelve-year-old Birdie Briggs loves birds.
A relatable novel-in-verse about loss..
