From the award-winning author of Song for a Whale comes a poignant and heartwarming tale about a girl who discovers a pair of endangered Birds about to lay eggs in the marshes of her summer camp...and the Secret plan she hatches to help them.
As she gets closer to the truth, will she find a flock of her own? This instant classic from award-winning author Lynne Kelly captures the coming-of-age moment of learning to spread your wings in a way you\'ll never forget..
Who is she, and where did she come from? With the help of some fellow campers, Nina sets out to discover who the mystery bird really is.
Experts track all the endangered birds, but they can\'t identify the female bird that Nina found.
When Nina reports the sighting to wildlife officials, more questions arise.
They appear to be whooping cranes, but that\'s impossible--Nina is an amateur bird-watcher, and all her resources tell her that those rare Birds haven\'t nested in Texas for over a hundred years.
But while trying to fit in at summer camp, she discovers something even more peculiar: two majestic Birds have built a nest in the marsh behind an abandoned infirmary.
Nina is used to feeling like the odd one out, both at school and in her large family.
From the award-winning author of Song for a Whale comes a poignant and heartwarming tale about a girl who discovers a pair of endangered Birds about to lay eggs in the marshes of her summer camp...and the Secret plan she hatches to help them