Reviews for Bird Springs

The average rating for Bird Springs based on 2 reviews is 2.5 stars.

Review # 1 was written on 2018-08-03 00:00:00 David Lackey A young Navajo boy is living in a shelter in the city with his Mom and little sister after a drought drove them from their home on the Reservation. Gregory is constantly worried about being kicked out of the shelter. He worries he will never see his father again. This is a very short book dealing with very big topics: isolation, cultural differences, poverty, and domestic violence. It is more like a snapshot than a novel but I know some kids who may like it so it might be a win.

Review # 2 was written on 2014-08-01 00:00:00 Stuart Britton Bird Springs is a place, and it looms very large in this story, although none of the story takes place there (except in brief flashbacks). But it is where the protagonist of this book - Gregory - grew up, and where his heart is, even though he now lives miles away in a shelter for people down on their luck. I liked the book but it was kind of bleak. It's a quick read; in fact it reads almost like a short story. I can see recommending this to reluctant boy readers from 4th - 6th grades. I appreciated the fact that even though the main character is a Navajo boy, there was none of that bogus mystical Native American stuff in it that always seems to sentimentalize that culture.