A Bird in the Air Means We Can Still Breathe True and risking it one more

and risking it one more time could finally break her

When Tia accidentally overhears a whispered conversation between her mother—terminally ill and lying in a hospital bed in Port Harcourt

A New York Times Notable Book * A Time Magazine Best YA Book of All Time * A Parade Best Young Adult Book of All Time * Publishers Weekly Flying Start * Publishers Weekly Best Book of the Year * ALA Booklist Editors' Choice of 2017 (Top of the List winner) * School Library Journal Best Book of the Year * Kirkus Best Book of the Year * BookPage Best YA Book of the Year

told in her own words--a thoughtful and informed look at her rise from the streets of Brooklyn to the halls of Congress

and learning to generate your own light

A Bird in the Air Means We Can Still Breathe True and risking it one moreIn this poignant mixed voice, mixed form collection of interconnected prose, poems and stories, teen characters, their families, and their communities grapple with the COVID 19 pandemic. Amidst fear and loss, these New York City teens prevail with love, resilience and hope. From the award winning author of Chlorine Sky and Vinyl Moon. "[A] gorgeous, tender testament to the generation of young people who shouldered the pandemic. Brendan Kiely, award