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<p><br>Amid the sparkle and hum of a New York City winter, Jed and his best friend, Flyer, are filming a documentary about their neighborhood. But what Jed is really in search of is his big brother, Zeke, an inspiring soul who loved jazzman Charlie Bird Parker, wrote electrifying poetry, and died too young. When Jed encounters a mysterious homeless girl he thinks holds the key to connecting him to Zeke, it could be the only way to unlock his deepest sorrow and discover how to be--who to be--on his own.<br></p><h3>Publishers Weekly</h3><p>Eighth-grader Joseph Eli Diamond (or Jed) feels responsible for not being home when his older brother, a diabetic, went into insulin shock after drinking half a bottle of vodka, and he wonders if Zeke's death was accidental. Now Jed's having trouble speaking, and his uncommunicative family is falling apart. While making a movie about his New York City neighborhood for a school project, Jed sees many of the images his poet brother wrote about in his notebook, including a homeless girl whose hard-soft eyes haunt my dreams. Though his growing friendship with the girl strains credibility somewhat, it does provide Jed a chance to save her in a way he co

Who reads Birdland?

Author

Mack, Tracy

Publisher

New York: Scholastic Press

Published

2003

Language

EN

ISBN

9780439535908

Category

work of fiction

Subjects

Children'S, Fiction, Young Adult

Rating

3.46 / 5 (6 ratings)

Updated

2026-03-14