This story is about a little boy nicknamed, Bird, by his father. The little boy struggles with the realities of his brother’s drug addiction and death. The bird symbolizes the desire of the young boy to “soar”. His emotions are expressed through his drawings that he can fix quickly and easily.... more

This story is about a little boy nicknamed, Bird, by his father. The little boy struggles with the realities of his brother’s drug addiction and death. The bird symbolizes the desire of the young boy to “soar”. His emotions are expressed through his drawings that he can fix quickly and easily. The book uses some language that older children would know the meaning of. The book’s tone is sad, but at the same time hopeful that the cycle will not repeat itself. The setting is used as background and integrally because it does not talk about the city itself, but the happenings would occur in inner city. The book uses a mixture of black and white with color. The people are usually in color with the background black and white. Sometimes the boy’s imagination is outlined around him