Paulsen, Gary.

The amazing life of birds : (the twenty-day puberty journal of Duane Homer Leech) / Amazing life of birds : Duane's puberty journal as discovered by Gary Paulsen. - 1st ed. - New York : Wendy Lamb Books, c2006. - 84 p. : ill. ; 22 cm.

Jacket and chapter opening illustrations by Souther Salazar.

As twelve-year-old Duane endures the confusing and humiliating aspects of puberty, he watches a newborn bird in a nest on his windowsill begin to grow and become more independent, all of which he records in his journal.

0385746601 9780385746601 9780385908979

2006004544


Puberty--Juvenile fiction.
Self-perception--Juvenile fiction.
Schools--Juvenile fiction.
Birds--Development--Juvenile fiction.
Diaries--Juvenile fiction.
Puberty--Fiction.
Self-perception--Fiction.
Schools--Fiction.
Birds--Fiction.
Animals--Development--Fiction.
Diaries--Fiction.

PZ7.P2843 / Ama 2006

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