Bird with the Heart of a Mountain

by Barbara Mariconda

Book Overview

I throw back my tumble of black hair, roll one bare shoulder forward, then the other. The stack of bangles on each wrist shimmies and slides as my hands rise like birds in flight.

Set during the turmoil of the Spanish Civil War, sixteen-year-old Drina yearns to dance flamenco. When she dances, she forgets who she is. She forgets what seems to be her legacy: I am nothing. I belong nowhere. Why does her mother forbid her to dance,...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1477817336
• ISBN13: 9781477817339
• Release Date: January 2014
• Publisher: Skyscape
• Length: 312 Pages
• Weight: 0.85 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.3" x 5.7" x 8.3"
• Age Range: 13 to 17 years
• Grade Range: Grades 8 to 12